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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBW_this-house-1844-a-d_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
This house (1844 A.D.) is the oldest complete and unchanged home existing from the early history of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe). Built as a parsonage by the Rev. Webster, famous pastor of the Presbyterian church, the home was certified as oldest …
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"Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."
King Gustav V of Sweden
Born in Oklahoma Territory in 1888, Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox tribe. Prophetically named Wa-tho-huck (Bright Path) by his mother, he was to permanently …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273P_the-professional-sportsman_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
[Center inset quote reads]
"Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."
King Gustav V of Sweden
Legend has made a tragic figure of Jim Thorpe, blighted by his Olympic heartbreak, but in fact, after the initial shock had passed, he went on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM272U_the-1912-olympics_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
Jim's dominance over his intercollegiate rivals in football was paralleled by his records as a member of the Carlisle track team. He ran sprints, he ran hurdles and he ran distance races. He high jumped and he broad jumped. He threw the javelin, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271P_a-vigorous-youth_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
"Our lives were lived in the open," he remembered, "winter and summer. We were never in the house when we could be out of it. And we played hard. I emphasize this because boys and girls who would grow up physically fit adults must lay the foundati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271E_the-carlisle-years_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
The Indian wars were over and the Army had moved the Indians to forts and reservations. A young Army officer named Richard Henry Pratt had taken part in the Indian fighting and subsequent subjugation of the Indians. His observations had caused him…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270N_jim-thorpe-wa-tho-huck_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
"Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world"
King Gustav, Stockholm Sweden, 1912 Olympics
[Athletic engravings on mausoleum]
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270I_james-francis-thorpe_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
1887 · Born May 22 on the Sac and Fox Reservation near Belmont, Oklahoma Territory.
1904 · Enters Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, scene of his brilliant career in college football.
1911 · First Team All-America…
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PENTATHLON EVENTS -
Broad Jump - 1st place = 23 feet 2.7 inches
Javelin - 3rd place = 153 feet 3 inches
Discus - 1st place = 116 feet 8.4 inches
200- Meter Dash - 1st place = 22.9 seconds
1,500- Meter Race - 1st place = 4 min. 44.8 seconds
D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZW_national-war-savings-campaign-of-1918_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
In grateful commemoration
of the patriotism of
Mauch Chunk
in going over the top
in the
National War Savings Campaign
of 1918