Zebulon Pike: Timeline

1806   Pike expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri

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, United States Army United States Army

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 Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine to explore the west.

1806   Pike expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado Colorado

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 foothills of the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains

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 (it was later named Pikes Peak in his honor).

1813   Died