Explorer. Have for as long as people lived here, pikes peak has been a marketing tool, and we have used it to help identify this location. Pikes peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. As wethe first 14er, call it, the first 14,000foot mountain when you are coming west across the plains towards denver, and that is a beacon, in many ways, for people traveling towards the mountains. I remember many times, growing up in the midwest, coming to colorado and know when youre almost there when you start to the distance. K in you can see it a hundred or more and it seems here, to pull you in as youre coming west. Now, we are at Crystal Reservoir on the pikes peak highway. We are about 9500 feet in and perhaps one of the best views in the world. In 1770 nine, when Thomas Jefferson and others were declaring independence on the east coast, this area was , and inby the spanish 1770 nine, Spanish Colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now, exploring the region and searching for
Palmer saw possibilities, and i think it might be the mountains that he fell in love with, and it is right up against pikes peak and this wonderful place, that what he saw as the economic driver was the climate and the mountains, and the fact that peoples 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 healthy climate, en
Policy he will get under the dukakis administration. Announcer at 8 00 Henry Kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had particular entree to president elect nixon. Kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. Announcer with the release of , historians offs index nixon president ial library discuss the changes president s have made to the daily brief. He can see our complete schedule at cspan. Org. Pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. We take you to learn more about colorado fuel and iron, one of the earlier steel producers. We are at the Steelworks Center of the west in pueblo, colorado. Our mission of our organization is to interpret the history of the cf i, colorado fuel and iron company, which was the american wests largest industrial leader. It was headquartered right here in pueblo. The main steel mill was located here in pueblo. As the industry began, it of course relied heavily on Mineral
Company, which was the american wests largest industrial leader. It was headquartered right here in pueblo. The main steel mill was located here in pueblo. As the industry began, it of course relied heavily on Mineral Resources and those mines were located all over colorado, northern new mexico, eastern wyoming, and they had other Mining Enterprises in other western states as well. Most of the mines were located here in southern colorado. William Jackson Palmer began cf is Predecessor Company in 1872. Palmers dream was to make a Railroad Ride test line that connected line that connected denver all the way south into mexico and the only way to do this to economically in the 1870s, of course, was to build the rails himself. Because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make the steel for making railroad tracks. Years,e next couple of Palmers Company experienced a lot of competition, primarily for the Coal Resources that he was mining. His competition was a man by t
West, which now holds the companys archives. This is a rare collection. When many Large Businesses go bankrupt, a lot of times like purge a lot of times they purge there i cart their archival collections. This is the entire lifespan of the company. Visit thee will Aircraft Museum. To hear about the training that took place here during world war ii. It reflected the communitys support, whose level was so great, and i think part of that was because of the diversity of this community. It was a real melting pot. Thee begin with a visit to extremist am. We are in the steel city of web low, colorado this week. Next we take you to the History Museum to learn about the children of pueblo exhibit. We are in the children of pueblo exhibit, commemorating the anniversary of the massacre. Withally resonates visitors of today. Even though the story is 100 years old, it still touches so many issues that we think about today. They are issues of gun control and gun violence, issues of labor. There are