Garden Grove is a populated place in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, at an elevation of 958 feet.[1][2] It is located southwest of Prague.[3]
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.[4][5]
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 | |
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