North American Strongman National Championships held in Davenport this weekend

Frank Cannonball Richards was an American strongman born in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1868 who became famous in the early twentieth century for one of the most dangerous feats ever performed on stage. During his acts he allowed cannonballs to be fired directly at his stomach from close range while he stood braced and unmoving. Richards believed his body conditioning and breathing control could absorb the impact, and remarkably he survived repeated performances. Though modern physics later showed