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- Summaries 1806-07 period docu-drama detailing young Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike's daring exploits during his Second Western Expedition through what is now the Southwestern United States.
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Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain: Directed by John Henry Johnson. With Burgess Meredith, Chad Stevens, Rick Zinanti, Les Breaux. 1806-07 period docu-drama detailing young Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike's daring exploits during his Second Western Expedition through what is now the Southwestern United States.
- John Henry Johnson
- 1984
- Documentary
- 56
Plot. Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain. Summaries. 1806-07 period docu-drama detailing young Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike's daring exploits during his Second Western Expedition through what is now the Southwestern United States. Synopsis. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Be the first to contribute. Learn more.
The film "Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain” focuses on the first American expedition into the American Southwest and the experiences these men endured and sets their story into the context of American history and Western exploration.
Made in 1984, this period (1806-07) dramatized documentary follows Zebulon Pike and his men through what was this country’s first expedition through the Southwestern United States, particularly their time in Colorado’s seemingly endless mountain ranges, prairies and high valleys.
- Mission to Explore Western Territories
- Pike's Second Western Expedition
- Zebulon Pike Headed For Spanish Territory
- Zebulon Pike Returned to American Under A Cloud of Suspicion
- Zebulon Pike Became A War Hero
- The Legacy of Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was born in New Jersey on January 5, 1779, the son of an officer in the U.S. Army. When he was a teenager Zebulon Pike entered the army as a cadet, and when he was 20 years old he was given an officer's commission as a lieutenant. Pike was posted at several outposts on the western frontier. And in 1805 the commander of the U.S. Army, G...
The second expedition led by Zebulon Pike remains puzzling after more than two centuries. Pike was sent westward, again by General Wilkinson, and the purpose of the expedition remains mysterious. The ostensible reason Wilkinson sent Pike into the West was to explore the sources of the Red River and the Arkansas River. And, as the United States had ...
Pike, after exploring in the mountains, turned southward and led his men toward Spanish territory. A detachment of Spanish troops found Pike and his men living in a crude fort they had built of cottonwood trees on the banks of the Rio Grande. When challenged by the Spanish soldiers, Pike explained that he believed he was camping along the Red River...
By the time Zebulon Pike returned to the United States, things had changed dramatically. An alleged plot devised by Aaron Burr to seize American territory and set up a separate nation in the Southwest had been uncovered. Burr, the former vice-president, and killer of Alexander Hamiltonhad been charged with treason. Also implicated in the alleged pl...
Zebulon Pike was promoted to major in 1808. With the outbreak of the War of 1812, Pike was promoted to general. General Zebulon Pike commanded American troops attacking York (now Toronto), Canada in the spring of 1813. Pike was leading the assault on the heavily defended town and the withdrawing British blew up a powder magazine during their retrea...
Considering his heroic actions in the War of 1812, Zebulon Pike was remembered as a military hero. And in the 1850s settlers and prospectors in Colorado began calling the mountain he encountered Pike's Peak, a name which stuck. Yet the questions about his expeditions still remain. There are numerous theories about why Pike was sent into the West, a...
Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain – award-winning film produced with the help of Pike Historian W. Eugene Hollon, the U.S. Army, the Smithsonian and the National Archives about the explorer's time in what is now Colorado
May 10, 2022 · Between 1979 and 1984, the Pueblo-born director and cinematographer filmed two award-winning documentaries about writer Damon Runyon and explorer Zebulon Pike in southern Colorado — one in...
