Did You Know There's Castle Ruins in Jim Thorpe Pa??? Winter Return
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2023
- I'm back in the Magical small town of Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania. I'm here on a week day in February to see what things are like and to show some areas that aren't often seen or mentioned. Should you visit this time of year? What should you expect visiting in the winter time? What else is there to see or do while in Jim Thorpe? Hopefully this video will answer those questions for you.
►History on the castle & owner: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Erwin-1240
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Did you know about the castle? Would you visit this time of year?
No, I didn't know about the castle. Sure I'd visit this time of year!
No , but yes definitely the time to go .
It's always a good time to visit Jim Thorpe!😂
Yes to both!
i had no idea about the castle. and I tend not to like crowds so yeah i would visit this time of year.
I don’t know why but my heart goes out to that little infant grave. His parents are gone now and its probably forgotten now……… I know that’s the circle of life but still it tugs !!!!! 😢😢😢
I'm husband and I got out out engagement picture taken at the Erwin castle ruins in 2015. Glad we could before the house was built.
@@lesjones5684 I am!
Love the peace and quiet of Jim Thorpe in the off season without the crowds. Thanks for the tranquil tour. Be safe and have fun. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks again JP for another awesome video. I love these old Pennsylvania boro's and towns. Visiting them is like stepping back in time to see how buildings were built and the architecture in them.
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Cool video! You have now done something I never have in Jim Thorpe - walking Broadway during a quiet, non-touristy day. I have driven it under those conditions, never walked it, but it sure is peaceful. I have walked past "the castle" once which was pretty cool. And I've driven past the graveyard but not walked it. So thank you for sharing some items of local interest that are still new to me. I enjoyed seeing your take on the town at this time of the year.
It was a world of difference walking around on a non busy day. You can easily take your time to check things out and not be rushed or distracted.
To find out the names and the dates that people had passed on those grave stones you can do some paper rubbings if you have a piece of coal or a really soft pencil of 8hb. It is suppose to help you to discover their dates and names. Thank you for showing us round these awesome places Jay it really is a beautiful and interesting town.
I didn't know about the castle and all the history. This town is becoming a favorite for me, even though it's a 2 hour drive to get there, I will be visiting there often this spring.
Thanks for showing us the hidden gems. You're a great videographer !!
Enjoy your time there
Thanks for sharing this! I prefer to walk instead of biking.
I would love to visit in the off season ❤️ Much more peaceful 😊!When you were filming and your shadow was by the door of the Lilley tomb it looked ghostly 👻😁!
Thank you as always for the great tour. I haven't been able to visit this special town for about six years and miss it. I was like you...always off season and midweek. So peaceful. Thank you especially for visiting the cemetery. I was never there.
I want to especially thank you for showing the Packer family headstones. Asa is fascinating himself as an altruist to the Lehigh Valley contributing so much. But I have a strange fascination with Mary Packer after the Asa mansion tour many, many years ago. Not everybody (Mary did) travels like a rock star to Europe with an personal Calliope. LoL 🎶🤣🎶
Such a beautiful place JP! I'd love to visit Jim Thorpe someday! Those ruins are really cool! I'd love to have seen it in it's heyday! Thanks for bringing us along and sharing it with us!
Jim Thorpe is a beautiful place, I love the architecture.
I absolutely love all the beautiful architecture there. This place is still on my bucket list. I have been drawn to this beautiful scenic town since the first video I watched you do here. It looks like a place full of history and I love history. ✌
How's your health issues doing? I hope you can start crossing off your bucket items.
Really enjoyed visiting Jim Thorpe again ... loved seeing the castle and cemetary this trip . And yes....this sweet town is worth the visit ....even in the "off season " ..!
Glad you enjoyed it
I've visited Jim Thorpe several times but could never get an opportunity to film it. Love it there.
Ur Lucky always like ur j Thorpe videos i remember d train rides what glorious location +*+*
Tks Highlighter Alot I'm Down for weeks now like others N this Jim Thorpe Helped ( Help Beatles Song) Me Brian ATB Sla'inte(Cheers)
Can't wait to get back up to Jim Thorpe
Oh my goodness, such beautiful weather there in February and it seems like a great time of year to visit! Love your videos on Jim Thorpe, it's such a gorgeous town and so interesting, with so much to see and do there! I would definitely visit there this time of year or any time of year. Beautiful clock tower next to the bike shop. The mansion castle ruins are so cool and what a great piece of history and the cemetery is beautiful too and such a peaceful place. Awesome video JP, thank you!
I find it interesting that the town is still the same, but has different feels and vibes to it depending on time of year.
As always awesome content thanks for your time to do this video big fan of your channel and love it 🙂
Thanks!
Very cool bear sculpture @ 17:45.🐻Really nice video of Jim Thorpe. It would be interesting to stay at the Inn. Kind of sad about the castle, though. Would have been beautiful to see inside back in the day. Fascinating architecture in the cemetery, too. You'd make a really good tour guide, Jay. Looks like a great place to visit. Thanks for bringing us along!😊
Thanks 👍
Just got a new 3200 psi pressure washer..I’m seeing many many targets 😁
Beautiful tombstones, they did it right back then. Winter time..this girl is a total recluse! Cold anything and I go running back to my 10 layers of blankets lol! Thank you for yet another awesome video JP 😊😊💙
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That is a cute little town!! I think I would go in warmer weather….💖🙋🏼♀️💖💙💖💙💖💙
Came across this place when I decided to walk up Hill road with my girlfriend last summer . Was very tempted to walk up and get a closer look, but figured that wasnt a good idea. Also came across a nice path in the woods higher up the street that takes you back to the broadway.
Great jp awesome castle looking building love the downtown area looks pretty cool.
Great video again. Love the architecture there for sure and the doorways were beautiful too! Thank you again!😊
Jim Thorpe is also known as The Little Switzerland of America. I have been there a bunch of times. Planning another trip this summer. Lots of history in this town. Asa Packer was the founder of Lehigh University.
I was just there again yesterday
Very interesting great video Jason👍
Great video very enjoyable thanks JP
This was interesting! I Love Jim Thorpe at any time of the year! ♥️♥️♥️
Jay,
Very nice photographer and videos, you keep getting better and better!
I was there once, my wife's Sister lives up the Mountain in a small development, part of the own.
I'm here in Ferndale, WA now, but your vlog makes me wish I'd
visited Jim Thorpe more than once.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Thanks for Revisiting with me
Love Jim Thorpe anytime of year, I would love to tour the jailhouse
Me too, unfortunately no filming allowed
Its haunted by the ghosts of murderers.
Again great eye for detail. Great photos and narration. Thanks JP.
Fall is the busiest time up there. Everyone wants to take a train ride when the leaves are turning. Great train ride, although I wish it were longer.
I love Jim Thorpe😍 Really beautiful cemetery too🪦🪦
Have you visited in person?
I had moved up there in Jim Thorpe at the age of 13 and I left at the age of 17 years old. Back to Easton by then.
I'm surprised they didn't tear that castle down a while ago. Just sitting there and falling apart slowly. I'm going to try to get up to Jim Thorpe and the fall of this year, well I'm hoping too. Great video for sure plus I enjoy watching
Jim Thorpe Pa. sounds like a cool little town. I know nothing of Eastern Pa. Through you my man. Thanks for having mè along to see the beauty.😊
Any time!
I used to live in l
Jim Thorpe, parking was always bad. Can never get enough of this neat historic town. Want to bike the Switchback Gravity Railroad someday? LMK. Would make a great meetup!
Where did you live ? I was on W 9th st
Never heard of jim thorpe, looked a nice place , I like that little white home amongst the trees 😊
Very nice winter video!
One of my top 5 favorite places 🤗
You can get to the Switchback trail from Hill Rd. There is a trail that leads to Mauch Chunk park. Across from the entrance is the trailhead that goes right up the hill. I believe that a coal train used to be used on the hill. It's a moderate ride up, but you get to coast on the way down.
I have a sepia tone photo that was shot from that mansion-late 1800's, early 1900's....
I love this little town. I really enjoyed the video thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
some could hardly wait, to put the dead in the ground, and during frozen ground days of the year. Many grave yards have usually built in a small ledge, to store the dead, to wait till spring in order to dig. Yet again, you find the best!!!!!!!!!!!
Everything is great, amazing cemetery!
Great footage and information! Overall great video as always.
The great thing about the town is there's little to no steps, just hills.
There's a ton of steps that go down the hills.
I live in MA,, (Worcester) I would LOVE to go with you at these sights, sooooo much.
Awesome editing as well as the video. I love everything that has to do with history whether it's military history or law enforcement history. If you and your family are ever in Fort Smith Arkansas? Visit the United States Marshal's Museum as well as the old Sebastian County Arkansas Courthouse where the late Isaac Parker was the judge in the 1800s.
Thanks for mentioning
@@JPVideos81 You're welcome JP
Awesome place thanks
This is my home town.
I feel deeply for you !
I'm 60 and when. I was a kid downtown Jim Thorpe was a filthy dirty! My mother was born there!
You used to be able to explore the ruins before someone bought the land and built that house on the site. It was supposed to built as a replica of the original "castle", but it looks like a modern home with a couple of turrets. Took firecer to complete. I was last there in 2021, and it wasn't completed and no work was being done.
You just got a new following from this video !
Great video I'm from the little league capital ur shots on ur video is great love to see u come to the west branch Susquehanna river valley and do a video
Wow I grew up here in Jim Thorpe I left in 1990 and wow it still looks the same and as far as the castle I used to scale that steep hill and hang out there alot a bunch of us kids did we would go there to do all the shit we didn't want the adults to see us doing ..............great memories a lot of them about friends that are no longer with us I wish we wouldn't have taken all those times for granted and could have had those times for a little while longer
Where at ? I lived on W 9th st.
Try visiting the switchback RR museum. If anything its a great model train platform.
jim thrpe looks like a great place to visit . i love small towns . i'm about 4 ans a half hours ways for me .
It's one of many beautiful small towns, but this is one of the better ones.
You will not see it all in a days trip. Parking on the street is two hours and they fine you $25. The town fathers are not a welcoming community,, however the merchants are very welcoming.
@@erin19030 thanks for the info . i'll have to plan for a few days when i go there .
I was there it a nice place to visit
Ya really wouldn’t want to love there though.
There is a coffee shop up by the old jail that's Harry Potter themed. The coffee there is so good. I hope you stopped in.
Muggles mug. Not a coffee drinker, but nice little shop.
We took a wrong turn and ended up on this street so I saw the castle
Awesome videos. Wife and I most favorite place. Trying see what road you took to see the ruins?
Hill road
You Love JT JP
The symbol you saw is masonic odd fellow are 2 connecting ovals
What ruins these pictures are the cars… I wish this were a “pedestrian only” town, ie no cars allowed.
It looks like such a sweet place to live.
Love Jim Thorpe! I have a question though. How is it, that the sun dial tells the correct time, day in-day out…I thought we were “moving” in space, and the earth’s axis was shifting and we were getting closer to the sun? Wouldn’t that “movement”, over the course of the 192 years it’s been there, somehow affect the time on the sundial?
I love going the graveyards
You will find one permanently.
March Chunk. ? Where on earth did this name come from. Also, where did the name Jim Thorpe come from. The buildings/shops/homes are beautiful! A lovely tour. Would love to visit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania
Mauch Chunk means Bear Place in the native Munsee-Lenape Native American language.)
Mauch Chunk means sleeping bear, it refers to the silhouette of the mountain. Mauch Chunk is a lenape name
The mountain that the staue is on is called Bear mountain. Broadway is on Mt. Pisgah
I hear the Jim Thorpe RR is dog friendly, which makes me want to make a visit.
Open air cars always have dogs in the summer
You take a dog on vacation? Give me a break!
Was that cellar a holding vault?
Is this the town that has the trams going up the mountain?
Not anymore, not since 1933
gargoils sp for rain water
you keeping stuff from us JP ??
That one symbol on the grave was a masonic symbol
Ohhhh booga booga
Send this to Jacob the Carpetbagger. He doesn’t believe Jim Thorpe exists.
He doesn’t he is dead and he never lived there.
Its not a castle , it was part ok Kemmers park a millionaires children’s park and playground.
A note : jim Thorpe has nothing really to do with the real Jim Thorpe. Jim only visited there twice.
Unfortunately, The people who bought the property and built the house there, tore down more than half of the castle that had been remaining (I assume because it was blocking their view). So much for preserving history. It is now the site where there used to be the remains of a castle but it was more important for someone to build their little house there.
Actually you're wrong. The castle burned and most of it fell down. The house was built years after the cleanup. Try again non resident.
Sean Crowley
I know the place burned. But they still removed almost half of what was left.
And knock it off with that “non-resident” stuff. You are just showing your ignorance. (Especially since you turned off responses because you didn’t want to be corrected).
If You're Lucky Go To The Prison There's A Bloodstain That Refuses To Go Away .
No filming there unfortunately