Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike

Reconstructed soldiers barracks as they might have looked ca. 1802. Fort Massac State Park, Illinois. Photo by author.

Fort Mackinac. Built by the British on an island in the strait between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, the fort switched to American control after Jay s treaty. Under both empires it served as a post for controlling the flow of goods, especially furs, on the Great Lakes. Photo by author.

Pikes Peak, from Mt. Rosa summit. Photo by author.