An illustration from 1919 depicts Zebulon Pike with his party of explorers in the Rocky Mountains. © "Lost with Lieutenant Pike" by Edwin L. Sabin, 1919

Righting Pike’s Wrong

Standing at the edge of my last job, I could easily see the Front Range of the Rockies stabbing their defiant fists into the air. The most prominent fist is Pikes Peak, what the brochures call “America’s Mountain.” One cold morning, while sucking down copious amounts of coffee and staring off into the vastness of the desert, I…
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April 13, 2024 0