Pike's Stockade

Pike's Stockade
Reproduction of the fort
Nearest city Sanford, Colorado
Coordinates 37°17′37.07″N 105°48′35.8″W / 37.2936306°N 105.809944°W / 37.2936306; -105.809944Coordinates: 37°17′37.07″N 105°48′35.8″W / 37.2936306°N 105.809944°W / 37.2936306; -105.809944
Built 1807
Architect Zebulon Pike
NRHP Reference # 66000244
CSRHP # 5CN.75[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966[2]
Designated NHL July 4, 1961[3]

Pike's Stockade, located near Sanford, Colorado, on the Conejos River, about 45 miles southwest of Fort Garland,[4] was built in 1807.[4] Here, the American flag was raised on Spanish soil by Zebulon Pike.[1]

The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[3][5] The stockade was reconstructed from notes in Pike's journal[4] and is maintained by the History Colorado.

References

  1. 1 2 "Conejos County: Sanford". National and State Register Listed Properties. History Colorado. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 "Pike's Stockade". National Historic Landmark Summary Listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "History of the Fort". Museums: Fort Garland Museum. History Colorado. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Joseph Scott Mendinghall (December 1, 1975) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pike's Stockade, National Park Service and Accompanying 4 photos, from 1975.

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