Discovery of Pikes Peak marked

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: June 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

MELISSA TRUJILLO , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-11-2006

Discovery of Pikes Peak marked
By MELISSA TRUJILLO , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-11-2006, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions

Zebulon Pike wasn't the first person to see the towering peak that would bear his name. He never reached the 14,110-foot summit. And after a miserable time in the Rocky Mountains, he was captured by the Spanish and carted off to Mexico.

All these details are part of the lore surrounding Pikes Peak, discovered 200 years ago by the Army general's expedition.

"Pikes Peak is an American ...

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