Wednesday, November 15, 2006
This Day in American History
On this day in 1806, Zebulon Pike sighted the mountain, just over 14,100 feet high, now called Pike's Peak. The Indians knew about it of course, but the Indians aren't writing the history of the United States. History is written by the winners. Pikes Peak is about 70 miles south of here, a handsome mountain and one of the few peaks over 14,000 I've been on top of (notice I did not use the word 'climb').
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:38 AM 
