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  • Pueblo Journal: Pike (Who?) Slept Here, a Reawakening City Exults

    07/15/2006 6:02:47 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 43 replies · 713+ views
    NY Times ^ | July 15, 2006 | KIRK JOHNSON
    Kevin Moloney for The New York TimesMelissa Bechhoefer, registrar of the Colorado Historical Society, with a sword and scabbard that belonged to Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Kevin Moloney for The New York TimesIn spiffying up to attract tourism, Pueblo, Colo., settled on the idea of a River Walk to anchor downtown. Much of the attraction, along the Arkansas River, offers themes related to Pike’s Southwestern expedition. PUEBLO, Colo., July 13 — All over tourist country, there’s an invisible borderline where people stop and shut their wallets, as if halted by a sign: nothing beyond here to see. snip... Now Pueblo...