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September 18, 2019
Christmas 1806 Historical Marker
On our ride down to the Trump Rally in the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho area, we passed a historical marker in Salida, Colorado that said "Christmas 1806", and I wanted to stop and check it out, but we just blew by it without stopping, so I decided to look it up when I got home.
Here's what the sign says:
Christmas 1806Frustrated in their attempt to climb Pike's Peak on November 27, 1806, Zebulon Pike and his party of 15 trudged on through South Park looking for the Red River, southern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase. After crossing Trout Creek Pass, the explorers came again to the Arkansas River, with food perilously low. On Christmas Eve two hunting parties shot eight buffalo, and Christmas Day was spent near the mouth of Squaw Creek (one-half mile to the south) feasting on buffalo and repairing equipment.
Early in 1807 Pike crossed into the San Luis Valley at the Great Sand Dunes and built a log stockade (reconstructed as a State Historical Monument) on the Conejos River near present La Jara, where he was taken prisoner by the Spanish.
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=127876
Posted by Rob Kiser on September 18, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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