Pike's peak?/Though overshadowed by Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike's expedition framed our future

The Gazette | August 7, 2000| | Copyright

Zebulon Pike's mission was straightforward: to further explore the hundreds of square miles acquired by the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. The celebrated 8,000-mile journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark already had pierced its borders. Pike was commissioned to probe deeper into the "Vast Unknown," sorting myths of volcanoes and unicorns from the stiff realities of the Rocky Mountains, especially a big one he called "Grand Mountain."

On Nov. 25, 1806, Lt. Zebulon Pike and three of his men set out to climb a mountain. Until they reached its summit, they thought it was ...

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