Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century (PA)   (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing; Arcadia Pub.
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738538600
Subjects: Jim Thorpe (Pa.); United States - General; History: American; Historic buildings; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History; History - U.S.; Pictorial works; Pennsylvania; Jim Thorpe; History / United States / General; PA; Biography; United States - State & Local - General; 20th century
First sentence: From that auspicious day in 1820 when Josiah White sent the first shipment of anthracite coal down the Lehigh River by way of the bear trap lock and dam system, the industrial outpost of Mauch Chunk began to prosper.