zebulon pike

     

In Colorado a national forest & a peak are named for this early 19th c. general & explorer

Trivia about zebulon pike

  • After sighting the lofty Colorado peak now named for him, he built a fort on the Rio Grande
  • This Colorado peak finder was killed during the War of 1812 in what's now Toronto
  • In April 1813, the U.S. captured Toronto, but this general after whom a Colorado mountain is named died in the battle
  • While exploring the Arkansas River in 1806, he discovered the Colorado Peak named for him

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