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Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
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Pike Expedition
1806–07 U.S. exploration of the southwest Louisiana Territory
The Pike Expedition was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase. Roughly contemporaneous with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it was led by United States…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Zebulon Pike
American general and explorer (1779–1813)
Zebulon Montgomery Pike 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Colorado
U.S. state
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Rocky Mountains
Major mountain range in western North America
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 miles in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of Western Canada, to New Mexico in the Southwestern United…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pikes Peak
Mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States of America
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