Thousands of years before Zebulon Pikes name became attached to this famous mountain; Pikes Peak was home to indigenous people. These First Nations left no written record of their sojourn here; but what they did leave were stone circles; carefully crafted arrowheads and stone tools; enigmatic petroglyphs; and culturally scarred trees. In the 1500s; Spanish explorers documented their locations; language; and numbers. In the 1800s; mountain men and official explorers such as Pike; Fremont; and Long also wrote about these First Nations. Comanche; Apache; Arapaho; Cheyenne; Kiowa; and Lakota made incursions into the region. These nations contested Ute land possession; harvested the abundant wildlife; and paid homage to the powerful spirits at Garden of the Gods and Manitou Springs. Today Ute Indians return to Garden of the Gods and to Pikes Peak each year to perform their sacred Sundance Ceremony.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Clearfield County PA/Images of America Rating:By Teresa A WilliamsAgain another 5 star! Julie Rae Rickard has clearly spent a tremendous amount of time researching it shows in her series of the Images of America books.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. SLCBy LynnVery Happy with this book. It is a good book on Clearfield County. I would recommed this to any one. Thank you.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great GiftBy Carol CaldwellI got this for my father for Christmas and he loved it. Actually started going through the festivities.Great pictures and information on Clearfield County.
