Jim Thorpe is a small burgh about an hour and a half from Philly. It was a mining and coal-shipping town called Mauch Chunk (Lenape Indian origin) until the town fathers struck a deal with the widow of Native American Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe. He was exhumed and his remains set in a memorial in the center of town, which was re-named for him.
Now its main industries are tourism and recreation (especially white-water canoeing and rafting). The place has some lovely architecture, though: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Jim-Thorpe/i-WhTd2zh/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments appreciated. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
