Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole ... and East Mauch Chunk — to build a memorial and name the new town on the Lehigh River after him in 1954. His remains are kept in a roadside ...

To many, though, the mountains protect the rushing Lehigh River and some exciting times with whitewater rafting. Jerry McAward owns Jim Thorpe River Adventures. He said this river is a huge part of ...

Jim Thorpe later earned enviable sums ... remains at the roadside memorial overlooking the Lehigh River. He believes a majority of the town's residents do, too. "The townspeople are proud of ...

That's been the reality of life around Jim Thorpe since Saturday afternoon when a brush fire started burning on Bear Mountain just southeast of the town ... in using the river, bulldozers and ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Spots in the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos have made the list of the most picturesque small town skylines in the country. Bethlehem was voted as having the 15th most picturesque ...

That's been the reality of life around Jim Thorpe since Saturday afternoon when a brush fire started burning on Bear Mountain just southeast of the town ... in using the river, bulldozers and ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — Boats filled the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe as hundreds celebrate Independence Day, paddling down the river. Employees at Pocono whitewater Rafting say It's been like this ...

(WHTM) – When you hear the name Jim Thorpe, you may think of the small Carbon County town tucked away in the ... Canal for shipment to the Delaware River, 43 kilometres downstream.

Authorities identified a man whose body was found Monday in the Lehigh River in Mahoning Township as Felix Dejesus Jr. of Jim Thorpe. DeJesus, whose age wasn’t provided, was pronounced dead at 1 ...

This is in response to Charita Goshay’s recent article ("A reminder that Hall of Famers are human," Aug. 3) on Jim Thorpe ― both the man and the town: Jim Thorpe was married three times.