4 mi. E of Sanford on CO 136, Sanford, Colorado. County/parish: Conejos.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000244.
1 contributing site.
Pike's Stockade is a historic exploration campsite located near Sanford, Colorado. Set on the north bank of the Conejos River, it is where explorer Zebulon Pike raised the American flag on Spanish soil in 1807. The site, now managed by Historic Colorado, includes a reconstruction of a wooden stockade, built according to Pike's detailed description of the original. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84127894