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Gen. Albert Pike
Albert Pike was born at
Boston, Massachusetts, December 29, 1809. He was educated at
Harvard and in 1831, went west to Santa Fe. In 1832 he crossed
the Staked Plains with several companions. After experiencing
great hardships they finally arrived at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Remaining in Arkansas, Albert Pike first began teaching school, then
took up newspaper work, and finally, engaged in the practice of law.
He was a prolific writer
and was gifted with a large measure of poetic ability, even in the
early part of his life. He served as a captain of volunteers
during the Mexican War. He manifested great interest in public
affairs and at the outbreak of the Civil War, acted as Commissioner to
the Indians for the Confederate States. In November 1861, he was
commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, but his
active military career was brief, as he retired from the service in
less than six months.
After the war closed, he
lived for several years at Memphis, Tennessee, where he practiced law
and edited the Memphis Appeal. In 1868 he removed to Washington
where he continued to practice law until 1880. Thereafter he
devoted his entire time to literary pursuits and to Freemasonry.
He died in April, 1891.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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