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The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II

Description: Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Thorpe, Grace F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8856]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Hero Came Home to be accorded honors in death Thursday at the Shawnee Rock Island depot. The big box in the picture at left contains the remains of the nation's greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe. A Sac-Fox Indian, Thorpe was born in the rugged hills north of Shawnee some 11 miles. His football, track and baseball feats became legend. Nine strong men strained to transfer the box from the baggage car to a waiting hearse."
Date: April 9, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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