our comcast cable staff rs, our c-span visited many sites learning about colorado springs history. ♪> palmer saw possibilities and it was the hink mountains that he fell in love with. where colorado springs is nestled, right up against pike's peak. what he saw as our greatest economic driver was the climate the fact ountains and that -- people like him felt -- from the east coast would be drawn here to live for a few weeks or a few months. they would be drawn by the the ful climate and stunning, natural beauty. so he saw in this place potential. he built colorado springs along the rail lines, and in the rail lines connected further south, and he built this town, in to be his home and he always saw it as an anecdote, if you will, to eastern industrialization. this young man, who grew up in the second largest city in the looked to ntry, he 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 or enjoy the healthy climate, enjoy the adjacent mountains, and experience a kind of vigorous lifestyle that