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Zebulon M. Pike (1779)close

The famous explorer Zebulon M. Pike was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was an army officer who led many expeditions to explore the headwaters of the Mississippi and negotiate peace treaties with Native American tribes. He is best remembered for discovering the mountain in Colorado that bears his name: Pike's Peak.

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