Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)

Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but...
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Author: John H. Drury
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Language: English
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Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) by Drury, John H.

Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)

$49.80

Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)

$49.80
Author: John H. Drury
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry.


What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White, a Philadelphia Quaker and brilliant engineer, and his trusted business partner, Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company and built an efficient transportation system that moved coal nine miles over the mountains to Mauch Chunk by Switchback Gravity Railroad, and 46 miles along the Lehigh Canal to Easton. With the arrival of the railroads, the Switchback became a major tourist attraction. As rail excursionists descended on Mauch Chunk to experience a hair-raising ride on America's first roller coaster and enjoy the magnificent scenery, the coal shipping town, billed by the railroads as the Switzerland of America, became a tourist destination second in popularity only to Niagara Falls. In a story stranger than fiction, the town exchanged its name for the name of Jim Thorpe when the 1912 Olympic hero was laid to rest there in 1954. Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) tells the story of the athlete and his burial, the Switchback Gravity Railroad, the Lehigh Canal, the social scene, and the town's Victorian legacy.



Author: John H. Drury, Joan Gilbert
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 08/28/2001
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.60w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780738509631

About the Author
Drury, John H.: - John H. Drury is a dedicated historian and collector and the founder of the Mauch Chunk Museum. Joan Gilbert is an accomplished writer, editor, and literary agent. The pair collaborated to create this remarkable history of this truly remarkable place.

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