On November 14, I wrote about Zebulon Pike, the American discoverer of what is today called Pikes Peak. In yesterday's Chicago tribune, I saw that date happened 214 years ago, November 15, 1806.
Pikes Perak is 14,100 feet tall and the highest peak of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains., 12 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
It was discovered during Zebulon Pike's Second Expedition. In early November 1806, Pike and his team spotted and tried to climb to the summit of the peak later named after him. They failed after a two-day attempt.
--Brock-Perry
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