#zebulon pike

[kikerikisims]

The evenings are no longer filled with the pianoforte and dancing in the drawing room. Instead, Zebulon and Susana sit close to the fireplace and read poetry together.  

[whattolearntoday]

A bit of July 15th history...

1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village Rosetta by the French during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign 

1806 - Zebulon Pike begins journey to explore American Southwest

1898 - Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus - a delicate network inside cells essential for the transmission and reception of information between cells

1960 - Chubby Checker releases his version of “The Twist” causing a dance craze (pictured)

2018 - 8 yr old girl finds pre-viking-era sword in lake in Sweden; internet proclaims her Queen of Sweden

[the-knives]

Peace!

[lindahall]

Zebulon Pike – Scientist of the Day

Zebulon Pike, an American Army officer and explorer, was born Jan. 5, 1779.

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[mallhistories]

Bears, birds, and pecans, oh my? These were gifts for President Jefferson from Zebulon Pike.

Among the items Captain Zebulon Pike sent to President Thomas Jefferson from the western United States was a pair of grizzly bear cubs. Jefferson kept them in a garden on the south side of the White House for a short time before sending the animals to a museum in Philadelphia.

Learn more at Histories of the National Mall.

[bongwateronthevancarpet]

Zebulon Pike - “(Behold) The Wizzard’s Fountain” 2006

[calendarofanxiety]

April 27, 1813 ZEBULON Zebulon Montgomery Pike was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was renamed (from El Capitan). As a US Army officer he led 2 expeditions. First in 1805-06 to reconnoiter the upper reaches of the Mississippi River and then in 1806-07 to explore the Southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1813. 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 what became his last military campaign. On this expedition Pike commanded combat troops in the successful attack on York (now Toronto) on April 27, 1813. Pike was killed along with numerous other American troops by flying rocks and other debris when the withdrawing British garrison blew up its ammunition magazine as Pike's troops approached Fort York. His body was brought by ship back to Sackets Harbor where his remains were buried at the military cemetery.

[cultivatinglandscape-blog]

[kikerikisims]

Morning on the homestead starts before sunrise. Both Susana and Zebulon have a lot of new skills to learn and a long day ahead.

[the-only-mainstream]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pobSzFO1LA8

‘A Fragile Portal’ (2014) by Zebulon Pike (h/t Charlie Parr)

18 min 8 sec

[bongwateronthevancarpet]

Zebulon Pike - “Aztec Parallels” 2004

[kikerikisims]

From the Revolution to the Moon

On the homestead; Zebulon and Susanna Pike.

[rorafa]

Z is for Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th president of the United States, serving only 16 months in office from March 1849 until his death on July 9 1850 from acute gastroenteritis.

Taylor was born near Barboursville, Virginia to a prominent family of planters who migrated westward to Kentucky in his youth. He received only a rudimentary education but was well schooled in…