The town of Jim Thorpe used to be called Mauch Chunk. The name was changed as a tribute to the first Native American to win a Gold Medal for the United States in the Olympics (see previous post).
There was vehicular traffic gridlock (and it gets even worse when there are festivals in town, or in nearby Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton or Scranton/Wilkes Barre). We were very happy we had arrived by train and didn’t have to sit in traffic or find a place to park!
We enjoyed a fabulous lunch on the left side of the building above, in an old firehouse! There are LOTS of great restaurants in Jim Thorpe.
I was glad our restaurant wasn’t adjacent to THIS building!
And another building in JT where we enjoyed a beer while waiting to catch the train back to Reading.
Up next, the many restored houses in Jim Thorpe…
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