23 окт. 2014 г. · Jim Thorpe's body will stay in the Pennsylvania town where he was laid to rest six decades ago after a federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a ruling.

9 февр. 2012 г. · When Jim Thorpe died, his third wife Patricia wanted him buried in Oklahoma with state funds used for a memorial similar to the one in Claremore ...

28 июл. 2016 г. · The community, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, took his name to claim his body, and its residents think their town has won a decades long battle to keep his remains.

7 окт. 2015 г. · On Monday, the Court denied the appeal without comment, resulting in Thorpe's remains staying in a Pennsylvania town named after him. The Sac ...

29 июл. 2016 г. · The town of Mauch Chunk, Pa., renamed itself Jim Thorpe in 1954 after Thorpe's widow, Patricia, agreed to have his body buried there.

21 июн. 2023 г. · So, unbeknownst to his children, Thorpe's body was taken by railroad to Pennsylvania, and the memorial in his honor was dedicated in 1957. There ...

20 окт. 2015 г. · They wanted him as an athlete. And Jim's not sitting in a box on a shelf somewhere. He was buried by his wife. But she did kind of treat him ...

8 авг. 2015 г. · Jim Thorpe was buried in the cities formerly known as Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk. 'GREATEST ATHLETE'. The story goes that when Thorpe won ...

18 янв. 2022 г. · Feeling that his legacy and the honor of his achievements had been forgotten, she made the decision to turn his body over to a municipality that ...