[DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike - Wikipedia [PAR] Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779  April 27, 1813) was an American 
brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was renamed (
from El Capitan). As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions, first to reconnoiter 
the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in 1805-06 and then in 1806-07 to ... 
He later achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Army, serving during... [DOC] [TLE] Pike expedition - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pike Expedition (July 15, 1806  July 1, 1807) was a military party sent out 
by President ... The expedition documented the United States' discovery of Pikes 
Peak. ... in Spanish territory in present-day Southern Colorado, where the 
Americans ... force turned south and struck out across the prairie for the Arkansas 
River. [DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike: Explorer | Colorado Virtual Library [PAR] Jul 13, 2015 ... CHNC in order to find where the Arkansas River began. ... small blue cloud, 
which turned out to be what would later be named Pike's Peak. ... Yet Pike 
wanted to explore the mountain he had seen, so he set out with a party ... Finally, 
in the late 1850s when gold was discovered in Colorado, people started... [DOC] [TLE] After Lewis & Clark - Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America ... [PAR] The first (August 1805April 1806) took him up the Mississippi River into ... 
Although the map is in Pike's hand, it does not depict the route he traversed but 
was probably ... The area explored by Freeman, in present-day Louisiana, 
Arkansas, ... After exploring the region adjacent to the peak that bears his name 
in Colorado,... [DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike and His Expeditions to the West - 19th Century History [PAR] And while he didn't succeed in climbing Pike's Peak, the Colorado mountain ... 
After Pike returned to St. Louis in 1806, General Wilkinson had another 
assignment for him. ... west was to explore the sources of the Red River and the 
Arkansas River. ... Pike, after exploring in the mountains, turned to the south, and 
led his men... [DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike: Hard-Luck Explorer by Bob Moore [PAR] On returning from his Mississippi River Expedition Pike described, in another 
letter, ... at the age of twenty, following in the footsteps of his father, also named 
Zebulon, ... Pike's second expedition, 1806-1807, was designed to accomplish 
several ... If discovered, he would use the cover story that he had become lost 
while en... [DOC] [TLE] Arkansas River | river, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] Arkansas River, large tributary of the Mississippi River, rising in the Sawatch ... 
and in 1806 the American explorer Zebulon Pike travelled through the upper 
reaches. ... came to the Colorado region of the United States when gold was 
discovered ... trip he unsuccessfully tried to climb the mountain named for him, 
Pikes Peak. [DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain - Nov 15, 1806 ... [PAR] The mountain was later named Pike's Peak in his honor. ... When Pike first saw 
the peak that would later bear his name, he grossly underestimated its height and
... [DOC] [TLE] Zebulon Pike - Paul Roebuck [PAR] The only remembrance we have of Pike is a famous peak in Colorado, but 
whether ... At the time that he was born, Pike's father, also named Zebulon Pike, 
was an officer ... While Lewis and Clark were at the headwaters of the Missouri 
River far to the ... On the return journey in the late winter of 1806, Pike discovered 
that Sgt. [DOC] [TLE] 1000+ ideas about Zebulon Pike on Pinterest | Cripple Creek ... [PAR] See more about Cripple Creek Colorado, Santa Fe Trail and War Of 1812. ... 
Famous for giving his name to "Pike's peak" in Colorado which he discovered in 
1806. ..... explorer Zebulon Pike, who set up camp near here while exploring the 
area in 1806. .... Originally Zebulon Pikes was sent to map out the Arkansas

Question: While exploring the Arkansas River in 1806, he discovered the Colorado Peak named for him
Answer: Zebulon Pike