palmer saw possibilities, and i think it might be the mountains that he fell in love with, and it is right up against pike s peak and this wonderful place, that what he saw as the economic driver was the climate and the mountains, and the fact that people s people like himself from the atlantic seaboard would be drawn here, so here for a few weeks or a month or to come and visit and decide to stay, that they would be drawn by the helpful climate and in natural beauty, so he saw this place potential. he built colorado springs along the rail line, and then the rail line connected further south, and this town in particular to be his home, and he always saw it as an anecdote, if you will, to eastern industrialization. for this young man who grew up in the second largest city in the entire country, he looked to the west, and we have this vast, open expanse of land, seemingly limitless, and he envisioned a place here where people could come and live warts stay and enjoy the hea
announcer: it has national significance. it has a world-famous view, and the fact that we are a natural landmark, i really love the description of the garden of the gods park as being, perhaps, the most striking contrast between mountains and plains in all of north america. the natural history, the history of the earth is almost like an here in colorado springs. what we are seeing here is the remnants of sand dunes, lagoons, the bottom of an ocean, and even glacial gravel, that has occurred from the last 3 million years, so if you walk in the visitors center out to the park, it is like a walk act in time. in about half a mile, you can go 300 million years ago. the first people that we know of in the pikes peak region were utes. and this was their homeland. the whole hike speak area was their homeland, and they would navigate it as part of their journey, because in the to be, we have parks that have been dated over 3000 years ago, and those journeys continue for many many cent
One of the most popular places to visit in the Pike’s Peak region is Garden of the Gods Park, located just west of Colorado Springs. A trip to the area