Garden_Grove,_Oklahoma Knowpia

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 edit

^ "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.

35°25′10″N 96°46′16″W / 35.41944°N 96.77111°W / 35.41944; -96.77111