Stephen Harding Hart was a prominent Denver attorney and longtime president of the Colorado Historical Society. Archer Butler Hulbert was a professor of history at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, and author of Forty-Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail. Mark L. Gardner is a professional historian who lives in Cascade, Colorado, and author of Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade (UNM Press).

"... Pike's own words on the pages of this book make the journey come alive." - The Chaffee County Times, Colorado"

Stephen Harding Hart was a prominent Denver attorney and longtime president of the Colorado Historical Society. Archer Butler Hulbert was a professor of history at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, and author of Forty-Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail. Mark L. Gardner is a professional historian who lives in Cascade, Colorado, and author of Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade (UNM Press).

"... Pike's own words on the pages of this book make the journey come alive." - The Chaffee County Times, Colorado"

Stephen Harding Hart was a prominent Denver attorney and longtime president of the Colorado Historical Society. Archer Butler Hulbert was a professor of history at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, and author of Forty-Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail. Mark L. Gardner is a professional historian who lives in Cascade, Colorado, and author of Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade (UNM Press).

"... Pike's own words on the pages of this book make the journey come alive." - The Chaffee County Times, Colorado"