Northern Liberties, PA -Ghost Town - Carbon County & Mauch Chunk{Jim Thorp)

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Northern Liberties: This village, located in a hillside gully north of Jim Thorpe, was home to 50 families that sent 56 men to fight for the Union. A boulder with a bronze plaque now memorializes the village, which has since been forgotten

 

[jeff of pa]

 

[jeff of pa]

Today Mauch Chunk is Known as Jim Thorp
they Bought Jim Thorps Body So they cold Name Mauch Chunk after an Indian
as they did with the land, The Indians Sold his body & Now want it Back

Supreme Court ends fight over Jim Thorpe’s resting place | Constitution Center

The United States Supreme Court has ended a five-year legal fight over the final resting place of the legendary athlete Jim Thorpe, when it denied an appeal from Thorpe family members.

constitutioncenter.org