Downtown in Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Zebulon Montgomery Pike

January 5, 1779 — April 27, 1813

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

1. Zebulon Montgomery Pike Marker

Inscription. General Pike sacrificed his life in the Battle of York During the War of 1812

This marker was placed in his honor
By the Colorado State Society
United States Daughters of 1812
September, 2016
With appreciation to El Paso County

Erected 2016 by Colorado State Society, United States Daughters of 1812.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Patriots & Patriotism • War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the United States Daughters of 1812, National Society series list.

Location. 38° 49.82′ N, 104° 49.435′ W. Memorial is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is in Downtown. It is on South Tejon Street just north of East Vermijo Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker and statue are located beside the sidewalk near the northeast corner of the EL Paso County Terry R. Harris Judicial Complex. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 270 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs CO 80903, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Colorado’s

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Front Range

and in Pikes Peak Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Katherine Lee Bates (within shouting distance of this marker); William Seymour 1843-1920 (within shouting distance of this marker); A Brief Outline of Colorado Skiing (within shouting distance of this marker); Dominico (Nick) T. Venetucci (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); On This Spot (approx. 0.2 miles away); The First Stake of the Fountain Colony (approx. ¼ mile away); City of Fountain Colony Founded (approx. ¼ mile away); Hank (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colorado Springs.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. Zebulon Montgomery Pike (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

2. Zebulon Pike Sculpture Dedication Marker
(located beside the historical marker)
Zebulon Pike
1779-1813
Rich Muno, Sculptor
Commissioned by Jasper D. Ackerman, a lifelong Coloradian, whose heart is close to the mountain Pike’s Peak, and dedicated to Zeb Pike, a military
officer and explorer.
Presented to the citizens of Colorado Springs
through the Colorado Springs Rodeo Association.
first in 1805–1806 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806–1807 to explore the southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements of New Mexico and Texas. In early November 1806, Pike and his team sighted and tried to climb to the summit of the peak later named after him (Pikes Peak). They made it as far as Mt. Rosa, located southeast of Pikes Peak, before giving up the ascent in waist-deep snow.

(Submitted on August 19, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Zebulon Montgomery Pike (Texas State Historical Association).

(by Thomas W. Cutrer) Excerpt: Pike published the journals of his explorations in 1810, as An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana. Appearing as it did, four years before the publication of the journals of Lewis and Clark, Pike's book provided the American public with its first written description of the trans-Mississippi West. He was appointed deputy quartermaster general of the army on April 3, 1812. With the outbreak of the War of 1812 in June, Pike
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

3. Pike Expedition Bicentennial Marker
(located beside the historical marker)
In honor of the Zebulon Pike Expedition Bicentennial
and Pike Family Reunion
1806-2006
was promoted to colonel of the Fifteenth Infantry on July 6, 1812. On March 12, 1813, he was appointed brigadier general and inspector general and adjutant general of the army. He was killed in action at the storming of York, (now Toronto), Canada, on April 27, 1813, when the enemies' powder magazine exploded.

(Submitted on August 19, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Zebulon Pike Statue Rededication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

4. Zebulon Pike Statue Rededication Marker

(located beside the historical marker)
Board of County Commissioners
Sallie Clark • Dennis Hisey
Wayne W. Williams • Douglas Bruce • Jim Bensberg
County Administrator
Terry R. Harris
2006

Zebulon Montgomery Pike Marker(s) (<i>left</i>)<br>and Sculpture (<i>right</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

5. Zebulon Montgomery Pike Marker(s) (left)
and Sculpture (right)

Looking southwest from South Tejon Street; EL Paso County Terry R. Harris Judicial Complex is in the background.

Zebulon Montgomery Pike Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

6. Zebulon Montgomery Pike Sculpture

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 17, 2024

7. Zebulon Montgomery Pike Sculpture

EL Paso County Terry R. Harris Judicial Complex is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 19, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.