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Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory, first in 1805–1806 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806–1807 to explore the southwest to the fringes of ...
By the time of an 1806 visit by Zebulon Pike on his expedition through southern Louisiana, the buildings were in disrepair. [3] Although archaeological remains of the fort and its buildings were extant in 1874, [4] a congregation known as the Church of Israel (affiliated with the Christian Identity movement) has occupied the site since the ...
Historical marker at the site of the Pawnee village visited by Pike in what is now Nebraska. On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western Department, ordered Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, then age 27, to lead an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain, contact the Native American peoples, and to find the headwaters of the Red ...
William Christian (1743–86), Revolutionary War soldier and founder of Louisville, ... Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), western explorer and discoverer of Pike's Peak:
Pike County is the 71st Kentucky county in order of creation. Pike County was founded on December 19, 1821, from a portion of Floyd County. [7] The county was named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak and became a national hero and namesake after his death in the War of 1812. [8]
Despite an unseasonably warm day Wednesday, more than 1,000 people fought traffic to see former President Donald Trump at Christ Chapel in the small town of Zebulon, in Pike County.
The 1805 Treaty of St. Peters or the Treaty with the Sioux, better known as Pike's Purchase, was a treaty conducted between Lieutenant Zebulon Pike for the United States and Chiefs Le Petit Carbeau and Way Aga Enogee on behalf of the Sioux Nation.
Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, announced on Friday he has launched an investigation into government employees accused of stealing property and making ...