Pikes Peak (Missouri)
Pikes Peak most likely takes its name from the taller Pikes Peak, in the Rocky Mountains.
Pikes Peak, Indiana
According to legend, James Ward was intent on moving to Colorado. He wrote on the side of his conestoga wagon "Pikes Peak or Bust". Miller made it out of Columbus to the area now known as Pikes Peak. To save face he called his store Pikes Peak and the name stuck.