Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Jr. (January 5, 1778 – April 27, 1813) was an
American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is
named.
Pike was born in Lamberton, New Jersey, now a part of Trenton.
His father, also named Zebulon Pike, was an officer in the
Continental Army under General George Washington and served in the
United States Army after the end of the Revolutionary War.
Pike was promoted to brigadier general in 1813.
Along with General Jacob Brown, Pike departed from a rural
military outpost, Sackets Harbor, on the New York shore of Lake
Ontario, for his last military campaign.
On this expedition, Pike commanded combat troops in the
successful attack on York, (now Toronto) on April 27, 1813.
Pike was killed by flying rocks and other debris when the
retreating British garrison blew up its ammunition without warning
as the town's surrender negotiations were going on.
Although his actual journals were confiscated by the Spanish
authorities, and not recovered from Mexico until the 1900s, Pike's
account of his southwest expedition was published in 1810 as "The
Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike to Headwaters of the
Mississippi River, through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain,
during the years 1805-1807.
Places Named for Pike:
- Pikesville, Maryland
- Pike County, Alabama
- Pike County, Arkansas
- Pike County, Illinois
- Pike County, Kentucky
- Pike County, Mississippi
- Pike County, Missouri
- Pike County, Indiana
- Pike County, Ohio
- Pike County, Pennsylvania
- Pike County, Georgia and its county seat Zebulon
- USS General Pike
- Fort Pike
- Pikes Peak
- Pike National Forest
- Pikes Peak (Iowa)
- Piketon, Ohio
- Pikeville, Kentucky
- Zebulon in Pike County, Kentucky
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