Zebulon Pike Campsite
N 31° 35.935 W 095° 09.048
15R E 295943 N 3497988
The campsite of Zebulon Pike along the El Camino Real in Texas
Waymark Code: WMXF0Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2018
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Famed explore Zebulon Pike camped at this spot along the El Camino Real in present-day Cherokee County, Texas in 1807, after being arrested in the Spanish province of New Mexico. He was being escorted by Spanish authorities back to the United States when they stopped here.
This marker is located in the Caddo Mounds state historic site west of Alto.
Marker Number: 6962
Marker Text:
In 1807, under commission from Gen. James Wilkinson, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Lt. Zebulon Pike led an expedition to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers and to report on Spanish settlements in the New Mexico area. Heading south from present Colorado, where the party saw the mountain later named Pike's Peak for the expedition's leader, they were arrested by Spanish authorities. Under escort back to the United States, the party camped near this site on June 23, 1807. The Pike expedition furnished an important account of Spanish Texas and New Mexico. (1982)
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