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Thorpe at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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| On E. Central Boulevard at Wells Drive, on the right when traveling west on E. Central Boulevard. |
| | 1888 - 1953
Sac and Fox & part Potawatomi.
World's Greatest Athlete, Winner of
the Olympic Games at Stockholm
Sweden, 1912. — — Map (db m11496) HM |
| On High Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m16091) HM |
| On North Church Street (Business U.S. 301) at Falls Road, on the left when traveling north on North Church Street. 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 |
| On High Street (Ohio Route 37), on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Main Street (State Highway 66) at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | 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 |
| On North Street (Pennsylvania Route 903) 0.1 miles north of 13th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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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-American Football Team at . . . — — Map (db m116566) HM |
May. 5, 2024