“Once the media called that gold rush in 1858 the Pikes Peak gold rush, it was done,” Jarrell said. “There was never going to be another name that the mountain was going to take.” Even ...

The imposing mountain beckoned 19th-century, fortune-seeking pioneers, inspiring the Gold Rush cry, "Pikes Peak or Bust!" Later, the majestic vistas atop this pink granite peak led Katharine Lee ...