We all heard the stories of Jim Thorpe – the world’s greatest athlete – while we were growing up.
The newspapers & movies regularly carried stories about him and he was even featured on a box of Wheaties. (photo – NC Museum of History).
He loved to compete. He enjoyed the battle itself and the drive to win.
Today is his day – he was born on May 28, 1888.
GenealogyBank has more than 230 million records of more than One Billion people – some of them were well known heroes and some were our often less well known ancestors. But their stories are there to be read – recorded in more than 3,400 historical newspapers – from the 1600s to today.
Give it a try right now. What will you find on your family?