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Zebulon M. Pike person

born: [1807-01-01,1808-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_zebulon-m-pike_392186

also known as: Major Zebulon M. Pike

Probable 70%
Summary:  Explorer who was in Santa Fe in 1807; Pike's Peak is named after him.
Completeness: 75/100 Grade B
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Claims (6)

arrived_in

Santa Fe1807
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
or the reason that the “gringos” were becoming too numerous, monopolizing the fur trade, killing the buffa- loes for their skins, and making merchandise of buffalo tongues, a luxury in the states, and even then in the frontier village of St. …
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
Who is it that has neither seen nor read of Pike’s Peak? If he has not, he has neither traveled nor read the newspapers, and is there- fore ignorant of the fact that, that prominent bump (14,147 feet high) upon the earth’s sur- face derived i…

died_in

Toronto1813
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
or the reason that the “gringos” were becoming too numerous, monopolizing the fur trade, killing the buffa- loes for their skins, and making merchandise of buffalo tongues, a luxury in the states, and even then in the frontier village of St. …
taking of Toronto1813
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
Who is it that has neither seen nor read of Pike’s Peak? If he has not, he has neither traveled nor read the newspapers, and is there- fore ignorant of the fact that, that prominent bump (14,147 feet high) upon the earth’s sur- face derived i…

occupied

explorer
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
Who is it that has neither seen nor read of Pike’s Peak? If he has not, he has neither traveled nor read the newspapers, and is there- fore ignorant of the fact that, that prominent bump (14,147 feet high) upon the earth’s sur- face derived i…

rank

brigadier-general
cited from Who is it that has neither seen nor read of… (1891)
Who is it that has neither seen nor read of Pike’s Peak? If he has not, he has neither traveled nor read the newspapers, and is there- fore ignorant of the fact that, that prominent bump (14,147 feet high) upon the earth’s sur- face derived i…

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Pike's Peak named_after Zebulon M. Pike

Sources (2)

Who is it that has neither seen nor read of…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Who is it that has neither seen nor read of…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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