tessie was a pink stocking bar ofl in the mining camp cripple creek. was ans out this elephant discarded elephant from a circus in arkansas and he bought it and he promoted it to bring more attention to the pike's peak region. he kept it in the paint barns of his broadmoor garage, where he fixed and repaired cars. but the elephant kept throwing the tires and breaking the cars and hitting people. he even had the elephant try to be a caddy on this golf course, but the superintendent got mad because he kept smashing the greens. he had to find a place for the elephant. he decided to create the cheyenne mountain zoo right above the hotel. the first animal in the zoo was tessie. turned out he also had seals in the lake he billed behind the broadmoor hotel. unfortunately, the seals would take food from the guests. they became the newest animals in the cheyenne mountain zoo. in 1926 he formed the cheyenne mountain zoo. he endowed it. community-based zoo. this year it was rated number five. penrose was known as a flamboyant character who liked a good drink and