Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-09-22
TO HONOR MEMORY
Z OF CAPTAIN PIKE
PEOPLE OF COLORADO SPRINGS
WILL CELEBRATE DISCOVERY
OF PIXIES PEAK NEXT WEEK.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald
Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 22.-
The people of Colorado Springs have
completed elaborate preparations fol
the celebration next week of the one
hundredth anniversary of the discov
cry of Pixies Peak. The date of the
celebration anticipates by two months
the actual centennial anniversary, the
change being made because the
weather conditions at this time OF
year are more favorable to outdoor
festivities than later in the year.
1t was on November &c, 1906, that
Captain Pike attempted the ascent of
the mountain which bears his name.
His was the first military and the sec
ond exploring expedition ever sent out
by the United States government, and
its object was to learn something
about the territory recently &C
quired by "the Louisiana purchase"
With little party of private soldiers
and others, Pike started from st.
Louis, July Is, 1906. After long
travel and numerous hardships the
condition of the little party was be-
coming rather desperate when, on
November Is, the Mexican noun
tains" were sighted from the banks
of the Arkansas river in what is now
Western Kansas. Three cheers were
given and Pike determined to press
on to the great white peak" The
nearest the party came to the peak
was on November 81, when Pike and
two followers climbed to the top of
mountain some fifteen miles from the
peak Pike wrote in his dairy that
the great white mountain appeared
to be as high again as the mountain
he had climbed and that it would be
impossible for a human being to
reach the summit
AS Captain Pike made his expedi-
ton to this region under the auspices
of the army, large detachment of
United States troops had been de-
tailed to take part in the celebration
of the coming week. The various
tribes of Indians that inhabited the
Rocky Mountains at the time of
Pixies visit also will be represented
by liberal delegations. These include
Arapahoes, Utes, Cheyennes, Conan
ches and others.
The complete program arranged for
the centennial "a as follows:
Monday Military Day. A parade
win be held in the mon-dng of United
States troops, cavalry, artillery and
infantry; Grand Army veterans, Span
ish War veterans, state militia, cow
boys, Indians, etc. In the afternoon
patriotic exercises will be held in the
opera house under the auspices of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton and National Society of Co
lonial Danes of America, together
with representative club women of
Colorado. In the evening Governor
Mcdonald will hold military recep-
ton in the Antlers Hotel.
Tuesday-Pioneer Day. Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks will deliver an ad-
dress in North Park at 1920 a m.
The pioneer societies of the state will
hold exercises at Stratton Park, with
a band concert for the evening fea-
ture. Congressman and Mrs. Frank
lin z. Brooks will give a public recep-
tion in honor of Vice President and
Mrs. Fairbanks Indian dances will
be given at the Indian camp at Broad
moor.
Wednesdays Day. The
Pike tablet on the summit of Pixies
Peak will be formally unveiled, under
the auspices of Colorado College. His
torical exercises will be held in the
afternoon under the college auspices
at Perkins Hall The breakfast lunch.
con by the women's executive com
mittee will be given in the Antlers