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

  1. ^ "Garden Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Garden Grove (in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) Populated Place Profile". HomeTownLocator.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Prague, Oklahoma to Garden Grove, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jim Thorpe". United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "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

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