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Thorpe at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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1 ► Oklahoma, Caddo County, Anadarko — Jim Thorp — ( Wa-Tho-Buck) —

1888 - 1953 Sac and Fox & part Potawatomi. World's Greatest Athlete, Winner of the Olympic Games at Stockholm Sweden, 1912. — — Map (db m11496) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Carlisle — Jim Thorpe —

. . . — — Map (db m16091) HM

3 ► North Carolina, Nash County, Rocky Mount — E-59 — Jim Thorpe — 1886 - 1953 — Reported missing

Indian athlete, star of the 1912 Olympics, made his professional baseball debut with Rocky Mount Railroaders, 1909. Ball park was 300 yds. W. — — Map (db m225636) HM

4 ► Ohio, Marion County, LaRue — 7-51 — Home of the Oorang Indians — NFL's Most Colorful Franchise —

The Oorang Indian football team was founded by LaRue native Walter Lingo (1890-1966), owner of the Oorang Airedale Dog Kennels. The team, comprised of Native American Indians, played in the National Football League (NFL) in 1922-23. The star . . . — — Map (db m27018) HM

5 ► Oklahoma, Lincoln County, Stroud — Sac & Fox Agency — 4 mi. South —

Established 1869 on reservation of Sac and Fox Indians who were moved here from Kansas. Reservation land allotted tribal members and surplus opened to White settlement in 1891. Noted members of the tribe include Chief Moses Keokuk, Dr. William . . . — — Map (db m41860) HM

6 ► Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Jim Thorpe — Jim Thorpe (Wa-tho-huck) — 1888 - 1953 — "The Spirit of Thunder and Lightning" —

"Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world" King Gustav, Stockholm Sweden, 1912 Olympics [Athletic engravings on mausoleum] . . . — — Map (db m116564) HM

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