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if you're ever passing through Pennsylvania, check out the town Jim Thorpe. Particularly beautiful up there in the fall, when the leaves are changing colors!
by JohnBooty 4y ago
if you're ever passing through Pennsylvania, check out the town Jim Thorpe.
Particularly beautiful up there in the fall, when the leaves are changing colors!
Fun fact for others that you surely know: the town had no connection to him until obtaining his remains (!!!) and renaming from "Mauch Chunk" to "Jim Thorpe" to cash in on his popularity. Bit of controversy surrounding that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania#Renaming_to_Jim_Thorpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania#Renam...