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Lodge #3<\/a>, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n The first Mason known to have entered Texas<\/p>\n American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was renamed (from El Capitan). As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions, first to reconnoiter the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in 1805-06 and then in 1806-07 to explore the Southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements. Pike’s expeditions coincided with other Jeffersonian expeditions including the Lewis and Clark Expedition<\/a> (1804\u20131806) and the Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis expedition<\/a> (1806).[1]<\/a><\/sup> The second Pike Expedition crossed the Rocky Mountains into southern Colorado, which led to his capture by the Spanish, who sent Pike and his men to Chihuahua (present-day Mexico), for interrogation. Later in 1807 Pike and some of his men were escorted by the Spanish through Texas and released near American territory.<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Famous-Mason-Zebulon-Pike.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason Zebulon Pike” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother Zebulon Pike January 5th 1779 \u2013 April 27th 1813 Member of: Lodge #3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The first Mason known to have entered Texas American brigadier general and explorer for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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