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Governor of the Province of New Mexico, leads a force of about 800 soldiers and Ute and Apache allies against Comanches at what is now Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs.
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Louisiana Purchase purchase obtained Pikes Peak area.
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President Jefferson dispatched Zebulon Montgomery Pike determining the Louisiana Purchase's southwestern.November 24, pike went to climb the peak1806 from the Pueblo area, but sent back by a blizzard.
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Fifth Principal Meridian,survey party headed north from the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers to establish a north and south line
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22 men leave Nebraska to explore the source of the Platte River. After 3 weeks of crossing the grass prairies of eastern Colorado, they catch their first glimpse of the snow capped Rocky Mountains Several more days of exploring the expedition finally they reach Pikes Peak base.
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first recorded ascent was by Dr. Edwin James, doctor, botanist and historian, and two others from an expedition led by Major Stephen H. Long on July 14, 1820. Major Long gave the doctor's name to the mountain, but Pikes Peak soon became the official name, as shown by military maps of 1835.
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Pikes Peak was a symbol to the gold seekers heading west. "Pikes Peak or Bust" was their slogan.
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first woman to climb Pikes Peak was Mrs. Julia Archibald Holmes. Made the ascent with the Lawrence party and stayed on top for two days.
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Work began on the Ute Pass wagon road, the first road past Pikes Peak. U.S. Hwy. 24 now follows part of this route.
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200,000 wagons rolled across the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska in 1859 and 1860, carrying a sign with the phrase “Pikes Peak or Bust.”
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Begiining of settlement in Colorado Springs
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President Harrison established the Pikes Peak Timberland Reserve. Later it became part of the Pike National Forest.
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irst automobile to reach the summit, two cylinder Locomobile Steamer driven by C.A. Yont and W.B. Felker.
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Pikes Peak Highway was set up as a toll road under a permit from the Department of Agriculture.
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civial war hero from Pennsylvania , fell in love with Colorado Springs and its Pikes Peak mountains..