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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Zebulon Pike, arrested by Spanish authorities near the headwaters of the Rio Grande, is cordially received in San Antonio by the Governor.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Reverse: Zebulon Pike During his extensive exploration of the American Southwest, he discovered the peak named after him.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Zebulon Pike (of Pike's Peak) led a team of 20 from St.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Pike County was separated from Wayne County in 1814, and named for Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Zebulon Pike camped at the confluence of the rivers in 1806.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Pike, 1806 In 1806, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike traveled along the Republican river (southern Nebraska) on his way to Sante Fe.
Zebulon Pike's expeditions across the Rockie Mountians also originated in St.
Pike's Peak, discovered and named in 1806 by Zebulon M.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Zebulon Pike made the first American estimate in 1806 - about 2,000, but he probably was too low.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Lieutenant Zebulon Pike first raised the American flag over Colorado soil when he camped at the site of present-day Pueblo in 1806.
It was named for Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of Pike's Peak and a General killed in the war of 1812.
Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike and his party were the first white people to see the mountain—in November, 1806.
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