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Pikes Peak (other)
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Pikes Peak is a summit of the Rocky Mountains in North America. Pikes Peak or Pike's Peak may also refer to: Other places * Pikes Peak, Georgia * Pikes Peak, Indiana * Pikes Peak State Park, Iowa * Pikes Peak (Missouri) Other uses * ''Pike's Peak'' (album), by Dave Pike, 1962 See also * * * * Pike's Peak Country, the gold mining region of the western United States near Pikes Peak ** Pike's Peak gold rush, 1858–1861 *Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak is the List of mountain ranges of Colorado#Mountain ranges, highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The Ultra-prominent peak, ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The town of Manitou Springs, Colorado, Manitou Springs lies at its base. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike (though he was unable to reach the summit). The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. Name The band of Ute people who called the Pikes Peak region their home were the Tabeguache, whose name means the "People of Sun Mountain". or "sun", is the Ute language, Ute word that was given by these first people to the mountain that we now call Pikes Peak. It is thought that the Ute people first arrived in Colorado about 500 A.D., however their oral history states that they were created on Tava. In the 1800s, when the Arapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikes Peak, Georgia
Dry Branch (also Drybranch, Pikes Peak) is an unincorporated community located in Twiggs and Bibb counties, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ..., United States. Its ZIP code is 31020. The area covered by the ZIP code has a population of 3,198 and contains 100.81 square miles of land and is 0.4% water. History The first permanent settlement at Dry Branch was made in 1808. A post office has been in operation at Dry Branch since 1879. According to tradition, the community was so named on account of it being a dry area. References Macon metropolitan area, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Bibb County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Twiggs County, Georgia {{TwiggsCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikes Peak, Indiana
Pikes Peak is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History According to legend, James Ward was intent on moving to Colorado. He wrote on the side of his conestoga wagon "Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is the List of mountain ranges of Colorado#Mountain ranges, highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The Ultra-prominent peak, ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest ... or Bust". Miller made it out of Columbus to the area now known as Pikes Peak. To save face he called his store Pikes Peak and the name stuck. A post office was established at Pikes Peak in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. Geography Pikes Peak is located at . References External links * Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana 1868 establishments in Indiana Populated places established in 1868 { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikes Peak State Park
Pikes Peak State Park is a state park of Iowa, US, featuring a bluff overlooking the Upper Mississippi River opposite the confluence of the Wisconsin River. The park is operated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. It is nearly a thousand acres (4 km²) in extent. The nearest city is McGregor, Iowa. Iowa Highway 76 approximately defines its northern boundary. It gets its name from the Iowa incarnation of Pikes Peak, a particularly high point overlooking the gorge of the Upper Mississippi, and like Pikes Peak in Colorado, is named for Zebulon Pike. Pike visited the area in 1805 during his first expedition, camping just downstream near Clayton on Sept. 6 and across the river near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin the next 3 nights. Pike climbed the bluff on Sept. 5, looking for a suitable location for a fort and marked what would become known as Pike's Peak because it was "level on the top, having a spring in the rear, and commanding a view of the country around."Zebulo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikes Peak (Missouri)
Pikes Peak is a summit in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The peak has an elevation of . The peak lies about two miles southwest of Bloomsdale and I-55. The peak is the high point of a complex ridge between Coots Creek and Carpenter Branch extending to the Fourche a Du Clos on the southwest side of Bloomsdale. Pikes Peak most likely takes its name from the taller Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is the List of mountain ranges of Colorado#Mountain ranges, highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The Ultra-prominent peak, ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest ..., in the Rocky Mountains. References Landforms of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Hills of Missouri {{SainteGenevieveCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pike's Peak (album)
''Pike's Peak'' is the second album by American jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike which was recorded in 1961 for the Epic label. accessed July 9, 2015 Reception The review called it: "An excellent if generally overlooked straight-ahead set".Track listing # "Why Not" (Dave Pike) - 6:51 # "" () - 6:37 # "Vierd Blues" ( |
Pike's Peak Country
Pike's Peak Country was the name given to the gold mining region of the western United States near Pikes Peak during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1858–1861. The Pike's Peak Country included the region of western Kansas Territory roughly west of the 104th meridian west and the region of southwestern Nebraska Territory roughly west of the 104th meridian west and south of the 41st parallel north. The Pike's Peak Country became the heart of the extralegal Jefferson Territory on October 24, 1859, and the Colorado Territory The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado. The territory was organized in the w ... on February 28, 1861. Geography Pikes Peak is located at (38.840560,-105.043890). {{Colorado Former regions and territories of the United States Jefferson Territory Kansas Territory Pikes Peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. An estimated 100,000 gold seekers took part in one of the greatest gold rushes in North American history. The participants in the gold rush were known as " Fifty-Niners" after 1859, the peak year of the rush and often used the motto Pike's Peak or Bust! In fact, the location of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was centered north of Pike's Peak. The name Pike's Peak Gold Rush was used mainly because of how well known and important Pike's Peak was at the time. Overview The Pike's Peak Gold Rush, which followed the California Gold Rush by approximately one decade, produced a dramatic but temporary influx of migrants and immigrants into the Pike's Peak Country o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
