Nearest city Sanford, Colorado NRHP Reference # 66000244 Designated NHL July 4, 1961 Opened 1807 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | Built 1807 CSRHP # 5CN.75 Area 2 ha Phone +1 303-447-8679 Architect Zebulon Pike | |
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Address 22862 Co Rd 24, Sanford, CO 81151, USA Similar Rocky Mountains, Dexter Cabin, Healy House, Fort Garland, Trinidad History Museum | ||
Pike s stockade
Pike's Stockade, located near Sanford, Colorado, on the Conejos River, about 45 miles southwest of Fort Garland, was built in 1807. Here, the American flag was raised on Spanish soil by Zebulon Pike.
The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. The stockade was reconstructed from notes in Pike's journal and is maintained by the History Colorado.
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