At 11 00, victorian beauty in northeastern pennsylvania, drone watch 3 giving you beautiful shots of jim thorpe as cbs3 summerfest heads to the mountains. Tonight, were taking a tour of an historic opera house and dancing the night away with the one and only beach boys. We are exploring the poconos right here on cbs3 and summerfest. Good evening im Ukee Washington. Live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. Now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. But the mountains are magnificent. Theres no doubt about that. Tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, lets continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. Through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. The town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. Thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete wh
Right here on cbs3 and summerfest. Good evening im Ukee Washington. Live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. Now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. But the mountains are magnificent. Theres no doubt about that. Tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, lets continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. Through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. The town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. Thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete who won in the 1912 stockholm olympic games. He also played Major League Baseball and was an accomplished ball room dancer. After his death, thorpes third wife moved his body to maunch chunk because his home state of oklahoma wouldnt give a monument. In turn, the town changed its name to jim thorpe. A