Memory
As Olsen (2006) shows, after his death in battle Pike's military accomplishments were widely celebrated in terms of mourning memorials, paintings, poems and songs, as well as biographies. He became the namesake for dozens of towns, counties, and ships. His memory faded after the Civil War, but recovered in 1906 at the centennial of his Southwest Expedition. His 20th century reputation focused on his exploration, and his name appeared often on natural features, such as parks, islands, lakes, and dams.
Many places and two ships were named for the explorer:
- Federal:
- USS General Pike
- Fort Pike
- Pikes Peak
- Pike National Forest
- Liberty ship SS Zebulon Pike (appears in Episode 1 of Victory At Sea)
- General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11 in Dubuque, Iowa
- State and local:
- Pikesville, Maryland
- Pike County
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia and its county seat Zebulon
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Pikes Peak (Iowa)
- Piketon, Ohio
- Pikeville, Kentucky
- Pike Island in Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota
- Pike Creek Township in Morrison County, Minnesota
- Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana
- Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio
- Pike Trail League, Kansas high school activities league
- Pike Valley School District, Kansas School District, U.S.D. 426
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Famous quotes containing the word memory:
“Perhaps a man like you can’t realize what it is to have a conscience and no memory at all. Do you imagine it’s pleasant to be ashamed of something you can’t even remember?”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
“The best memory is not as good as pale ink.”
—Chinese proverb.
“For my name and memory I leave it to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)