Garden Grove, Oklahoma
Garden Grove is a populated place in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, at an elevation of 958 feet. It is located southwest of Prague.
Jim Thorpe, Olympian in the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games, was attending school in Garden Grove before being recruited to attend Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.
References
- ^ "Garden Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ "Garden Grove (in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) Populated Place Profile". HomeTownLocator.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Prague, Oklahoma to Garden Grove, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Jim Thorpe". United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "The Life of Jim Thorpe, P. 8" (PDF). JimThorpeFilm.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |