Who is it that has neither seen nor read of…
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Zebulon M. Pikeperson
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a.k.a. Major Zebulon M. Pike
Pike's Peakplace
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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 its name from that of Major
Zebulon M. Pike, an explorer, by authority of
the United States. He was in Santa Fe in 1807.
His condition on the route, via the Conejos,
across to the Chama, and down that stream
past Ojo Caliente and San Juan to Santa Fe,
may be inferred from inquiries concerning him
and his party; whether those men ragged ap-
parel consisting of overalls, breech cloths,
leather coats, and without covering for the
head, were a tribe living in houses. Pike was
promoted to brigadier-general and lost his life
in 1813, at the taking of Toronto.