Association News

We Hereby Designate the General Zebulon Montgomery Pike INTERNational Historic Trail [ZPIT] The Pike National Historic Trail Association will manage the new trail featuring these four segments: Zebulon Montgomery Pike and Early Life Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s 1st Expedition – Upper Mississippi River Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s 2nd  Expedition (Lieutenant/Captain) – Southwest Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s Later Life...

The following comments have been selected from high level people in the trail community. The names of these persons have been withheld out of respect for them, and consideration for future efforts. Note: Specific words have been redacted and replaced by our words in [brackets] to preserve the identity of the person who is being...

Educational Resources We are starting the new year off with a bang, by creating a curated educational resources page geared towards elementary through high school education. Teachers and parents who are homeschooling will find lots of goodies from one-time lessons, edutainment videos, to a full fledged curriculum guide that covers a five-day unit. Some of...

Victor Hugo wrote: “Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” Ed French who experienced and knew first-hand the courage required for the great sorrows of life, and exhibited infinite patience for...

Helen Keller once wrote “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” On April 25, 2020 the Pike National Historic Trail Association will convene (in most unusual circumstances) its Annual Board Meeting. Unusual because, unlike past years, the board...

This just in! Students in PK-5th grades at Sackets Harbor Central School voted to select a new piece of playground equipment this week. Students overwhelmingly chose the Pikes Peak option! Here is a copy of the poll results:               The Sackets Harbor PTO and the school will be working...

We are saddened to announce that the oldest living relative of the explorer General Pike, Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr., died on October 20, 2019 at 2:30 am, in Salida, Colorado, at the age of 97. Not only was Monty a huge part of our association (VP Emeritus), he was our friend, a family member, and...

On September 19, 2019, Walsenburg, Colorado, members of Pike National Historic Trail Association met with Superintendent Aaron Mahr of the National Trail Intermountain Region of the National Park Service to outline the steps in developing a feasibility study of inclusion of the 1806 expedition of Lt. Zebulon Pike through the southwest portion of the Louisiana...

Initial Meeting with National Park Service Defines Work Needed for Designation of Pike National Historic Trail On September 19, 2019, Walsenburg, Colorado, members of Pike National Historic Trail Association met with Superintendent Aaron Mahr of the National Trail Intermountain Region of the National Park Service to outline the steps in developing a feasibility study of...

For several months we have been working very diligently on creating this fabulous new website for our organization. Holly Nelson, of 2C Dev Group, designed our original site, and has worked tirelessly to design both a fresh modern look, and to code it in a way that it will work well across smartphones, tablets and...