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Name: Zebulon Pike
Birth Date: January 5, 1779
Death Date: April 27, 1813
Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey
Place of Death: York (now Toronto), Canada
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: explorer, soldier

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Biography of Zebulon Pike
1,004 words, approx. 3 pages
The career of Zebulon Pike (1779-1813), American soldier and explorer, was dominated by ambiguously motivated explorations of the American West. During one of these he unsuccessfully tried to climb the Colorado mountain named for him, Pike's Peak....
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Biography of Zebulon Montgomery Pike
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The life of Zebulon Montgomery Pike was short--just thirty-four years--but it was intense and dramatic. Driven by honor, ambition, and patriotism, Pike devoted his life to the military service of his young country, carrying out his orders with...


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Zebulon Pike Summary
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Zebulon Pike Born January 5, 1779, Lamberton, New Jersey Died April 27, 1813, York, Ontario Zebulon Montgomery Pike was born in Lamberton, New Jersey, on January 5, 1779. His father, who had the same name, was a major in the American army during the...
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike Summary
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1779-1813 American Explorer and Army Officer Zebulon Pike was born in New Jersey, the son of a professional army officer. Beginning in 1794, when only 15, Pike served in his father's infantry unit as a cadet and entered the army as a second...
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Zebulon Pike and the Conquest of the Southwestern United States Summary
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In late October 1806, Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) led an expedition that professed its main goal as mapping the Arkansas and Red Rivers. In reality Pike's explorations may have been designed to gauge the military strength of a potential...
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Zebulon Pike Information
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition, often compared to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of...


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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
MYSTERY at Little Elk; THE EXPLORERS; What was explorer Zebulon Pike.(VARIETY)
05/02/2000: 2,242 words, approx. 8 pages
Third of a 5-part series for kids Zebulon Pike made a big mistake. He tried to explore Minnesota in winter. Pike was a young officer with the U.S. Army. Almost 200 years ago, he led an expedition far up the Mississippi River...
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Junior Scholastic
Hike with pike: follow Zebulon Pike as he and his men take on the challenges of a mighty landscape. What dangers will they face?
11/13/2006: 1,247 words, approx. 4 pages
Could you lead 20 soldiers and a few horses across the Rocky Mountains in the middle of winter? That's what Lieutenant Zebulon Pike tried to do 200 years ago, in 1806. The United States had just purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. The...
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AP Features
Latest gear no match for Colo. snow
1/14/2008: 792 words, approx. 3 pages
Colorado's mountains have a history of overpowering winter visitors, dating all the way back more than 150 years ago to Zebulon Pike and John Fremont, even though the latter had Kit Carson as a guide.The infamous Alferd Packer, stuck in deep snow near Slumgullion Pass...
 


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