Month: May 2011

Native American dancers add backbeat to Jim Thorpe birthday tribute

Jim Thorpe’s grandson, Michael Koehler, who backs the Carbon County town’s fight against his relatives to keep the legendary athlete interred there, was on hand Saturday for the 15th annual Jim Thorpe birthday celebration. Koehler told those gathered at the site of his grandfather’s… Continue Reading “Native American dancers add backbeat to Jim Thorpe birthday tribute”