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Trail of Tears
The "Trail of Tears" was what the Cherokee Indian Tribe called the path that was taken in result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. It was called this because of the hunger, disease, and exhaustion that these tribes were faced with as they took the journey. The first tribe that was forced to leave their land was the Choctaw Tribe that was removed in 1831. -
Jim Thorpe Was Born
Jim Thorpe was born in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. He was a child of Sac and Fox and Potowaniman Indian bloodlines, but he also had French and Irish roots as well. He was given the Indian name
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Statehood
On November 16, 1907, the Sooner State was born. On this day Oklahoma officially became the 46th state of the United States. -
Jim Thorpe In The Olympics
Jim competed in the 1912 Stockholm, Sweden, in two different events. Thorpes placed first in both the Pentathlon and Decathlon, but not by little. Thorpe blew away the competition. But the sad thing about this is that Thorpe isn't credited the medals because he violated the ameture law. This was a law that stated that you couldn't be paid for playing a sport and then go and compete in the Olympics. -
Jim Thorpe Baseball
Now don't quote me on this, but I believe that baseball was Thorpe's weakest sport. Thorpe played a total of six seasons of baseball but not all were played professionally. Prior to the 1912 Olympics, Thorpe played minor league baseball for sixty dollars a game. After returning from the Olympics, Thorpe was offered a contract with MLB New York Giants team in 1913. He played with them for a while, but the same troubles he had with baseball prior to the Olympics eventually returned to him. -
Jim Thorpe Football
One of Jim's sports that he played was football. He played in high school where he won Third Team All American in 1908, and First Team All American in 1909 and 1910. He then took a break for a while but then returned to the sport professionally right before the season ending series between the Canton Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers in 1915. He played for twelve season and a total of fifty two games. -
Dust Bowl
The "Dirty Thirties" was a tough time for U.S. citizens living in the Great Plains region. The Dust Bowl was the name of the U.S. Great Plains region during the 1930's. There was a severe drought at this time and there were really strong winds. Add this to the fact that the soil in this region was very light, you had a disaster on your hands that lasted about a decade. -
Dust Bowl Ending
1939 is the year that the dust storms, or "Black Blizzards," finally started dying down. The U.S. Government stepped in and did multiple things to stop this catastrophe -
Jim Thorpe Died
Jim Thorpe died in Lomita, California -
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma City Bombing was a tragic terrorist attack that happened in Oklahoma City. Prior to 9/11, this was the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history. A man named Timothy McVeigh loaded up a rental truck with explosives set on a timer which he then parked in front of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. He then got out and walked away and not long after he was gone, the explosives went off and damaged or destroyed three hundred buildings killing more than six hundred and fifty people. -
Timothy McVeigh Killed
McVeigh was given the death penalty for his actions. He was executed by lethal injection. -
Jim Thorpe Medals
Believe it or not, to this day, Thorpe's medals still aren't credited to him. This is crazy seeing as Thorpe said that when he played baseball prior to the Olympics, he didn't play for the money. Also, many say that Thorpe was the best athlete of the 20th century. The King of Sweden said so himself. "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world," declared Sweden's King Gustav.
