The sons of famed American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe have long fought to get the remains of their father moved from the Pennsylvania town named for him to tribal lands in Oklahoma. But Jim Thorpe isn't letting its Olympian go without a fight. (Sept AP
JIM THORPE, Pa. — The man this borough is named for lived one of the most astonishing lives of the 20th Century. Remarkably, his story in death is even more astonishing — and very much alive.
Jim Thorpe, the man, is buried in Jim Thorpe, the place — though the man had never been to the place while breathing.