Because his last name was pike.
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak is loacated in Colorado In The United State, and Zebulon Pike is a person... a dead person. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=815
According to Historians, the famous explorer Zebulan Pike reached the grand mountains of Pikes Peak as of November 15, 1806.
Pikes Peak was actually discovered by Zebulon Pike and his first attempt to get to the top of Pikes Peak began in 1806. But that attempt failed. Katherine Lee Bates visited it and wrote "America the Beautiful" in 1893. Pikes Peak was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
No, Pikes Peak isn't located in Wisconsin. Pikes Peak is a 4,303.6m (14,110 ft) high, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado. It was discovered in 1806 by Zebulon M. Pike and is noted for the spectacular view from it's summits.
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike is remembered as the man who discovered Pikes Peak.
In 1806.
Zebulon Pike.
Zebulon Pike discovered Pikes Peak in 1806 during his expedition to explore the southwestern portion of the Louisiana Purchase.
Pikes Peak
It is named in honor of Zebulon Pike.
Pikes Peak in Colorado is named after the explorer Zebulon Pike. He led the Pike Expedition which discovered the peak.
No. He climbed the moutain named after him Pikes Peak.
Pikes Peak is loacated in Colorado In The United State, and Zebulon Pike is a person... a dead person. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=815
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According to Historians, the famous explorer Zebulan Pike reached the grand mountains of Pikes Peak as of November 15, 1806.