Existing comment:
In recognition of the notable career of
Zebulon Montgomery Pike,
soldier, explorer,
the people of Colorado
have placed this table on the summit
of the great mountain first seen by Pike
November 15, 1806.
General Pike was born at Lamberton,
now Trenton, New Jersey, January 5, 1779.
Died April 27, 1814, after a victorious attack on
York, later Toronto, Canada.
Buried at Madison Barracks, New York.
This table commemorates the one hundredth
anniversary of Pike's southwestern expedition. |