Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, an explorer who led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806.

Pike County was named for General Zebulon Pike.

Pike County was formed from Marion County by an act of the Territorial General Assembly on December 9, 1815.

The county was named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak.

According to Joshua Coffin, the early settlers included " Captain John Pike, the ancestor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at the battle of Queenstown in 1813 ; Thomas Bloomfield, the ancestor of Joseph Bloomfield, some years governor of New Jersey, for whom the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named ; John Bishop, senior and junior ; Jonathan Haynes ; Henry Jaques ; George March ; Stephen Kent ; Abraham Toppan, junior ; Elisha Ilsley ; Hugh March ; John Bloomfield ; Samuel Moore ; Nathaniel Webster ; John Ilsley ; and others.

The origin of the town's name is unknown, although some have suggested that it was named for explorer General Zebulon Pike.

His father Zebulon Pike was an officer in the Continental Army under General George Washington, and served in the United States Army after the end of the American Revolutionary War.

Pike and his men were taken to Santa Fe, then to the capital of Chihuahua, where he was taken to the Commandant General Salcedo, who was governor of the state.

Along with General Jacob Brown, Pike departed from the newly fortified rural military outpost of Sackets Harbor, on the New York shore of Lake Ontario, for his last military campaign.

The Americans themselves suffered heavy casualties, including Brigadier General Zebulon Pike who was leading the troops, when the retreating British blew up the fort's magazine.

Furthermore, even after two brigades of troops under Brigadier General Zebulon Pike reinforced the troops at Sackett's Harbor after a gruelling winter march from Plattsburgh, the number of effective troops available to Dearborn fell far short of the 7, 000 planned, mainly as a result of sickness and exposure.

The embarked force commanded by Brigadier General Zebulon Pike numbered between 1, 600 and 1, 800, mainly from the 6th, 15th and 16th U. S. Infantry, and the 3rd U. S. Artillery fighting as infantry.

As three more companies of American infantry landed accompanied by General Pike, the grenadier company of the 8th ( The King's ) Regiment of Foot charged them with the bayonet.

On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western Department, ordered Captain Zebulon Pike, then age 27, to lead an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain and contact the Native American peoples, and to find the headwaters of the Red River.

In response, Kentucky Governor S. B. Buckner sent his Adjutant General Sam Hill to Pike County to investigate the situation.

In the 2009 Annual Private Pike returned in a General Jumbo story that was not a crossover.

The Americans nevertheless overwhelmed the area but subsequently incurred 250 casualties, notably General Zebulon Pike, when retreating British regulars detonated Fort York's Grand Magazine.

As the British abandoned the fort, they set the powder magazine to blow up, killing or wounding several hundred U. S. soldiers ( including General Zebulon Pike, for whom Pikes Peak is named ).

He disagreed strongly with General Sterling Price of Missouri, but with the assistance of Brigadier General Albert Pike, he was able to build alliances for the Confederacy with the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek nations.

* USS General Pike was a wooden freshwater corvette built in Sackett's Harbor in 1813.

This sentiment can be seen in the letter of General Albert Pike to his brother in 1875 where he says, “ I am not inclined to mettle in the matter.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

General manager Pels even suggested that it might be wise to keep the Mexicans in suspense rather than accept their offers to sell out and move away, and try to have a few punished.

Alongside his long-established caricatures of right-wing, big business types such as General Bullmoose and J. Roaringham Fatback, Capp began spoofing counterculture icons such as Joan Baez ( in the character of Joanie Phoanie, a wealthy folksinger who offers an impoverished orphanage ten thousand dollars ' worth of " protest songs ").

The Bittner School of Business offers 6 concentrations for the MBA: Accounting, General Management, Global Context, Health Services Management, Human Resource Development, and Pharmaceutical Industry.

Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners ( GSP ) offers overhaul, maintenance and repair services for Pratt & Whitney, International Aero Engines, General Electric, Rolls-Royce, and CFMI engines.

While a General Contact Unit ( GCU ) does not strictly need a crew ( and could construct artificial avatars when it did ), a real human crew adds richness to its existence, and offers distraction during otherwise dull periods.

In 1977, distressed over losing their guaranteed seat in the Massachusetts General Court, inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard considered the possibility of secession from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, either to become part of another state ( having received offers from both Vermont and Hawai ' i ), reincorporating as a separate U. S. territory, or as the nation's 51st state.

The joint venture also offers the Bachelor of General Studies, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Engineering and Technology Management degree programs.

In addition to offering a wide variety of degree programs, it also offers a large portion of the courses in the General Education Requirements.

NHK News 7 offers bilingual broadcasts on NHK General TV, NHK World TV and NHK World Premium.

After the rejection by the king of the last offers of the army, the Commissary General showed special zeal in bringing about his trial.

He attempted to undermine the constitution, and thus caused the revived Jacobin Club to be closed while making offers to General Joubert for a coup d ' état.

Simon offers MS programs in Accountancy, Finance, General Management, Information Systems Management, Manufacturing Management, Marketing, Medical Management, and Service Management.

Rose Bay General Store offers a wide range of locally based goods and services.

After the American Civil War, General Robert E. Lee turned down several financially tantalizing offers of employment that would merely have traded on his name, and instead accepted the post of college president for three reasons.

General El Edroos ( at right ) offers his surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces to Major General ( later General and Army Chief ) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri at Secunderabad.

Back on Corneria, General Pepper offers to integrate them into the Cornerian army.

AFO offers certification courses in Fixed Orthodontics for General Practitioners in Dentistry.

" Bombardier beat a bid from The General Electric Company plc and Fokker whilst Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm withdrew before final offers were submitted.

Major General El Edroos ( at right ) offers his surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces to Major General ( later General and Army Chief ) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri at Secunderabad

# The Haltemprice Bunker ( February 5, 1989 ) – Alan takes lunch with his old friend Piers Lonsdale, a misanthropic financial journalist who offers to let him in on the ground floor of a scheme to exploit General Pinochet's new slavery program for a profit, in exchange for an investment of £ 500, 000.