idealist mer was an and a visionary, she needed the acumen of george peabody, who is a remarkable mann american history. he was a partner in the firm of spencer trapping company. of y helped develop some america's leading industry. what george foster peabody brought to the partnership was the ability to find investors finance the railroad -- to finance palmer stream. it was with the denver and rio to nde western that they had retool from standard is too narrow gauge. palmer family became a millionaire in 1901. up until that time, he had been struggling financially. after the rio grande, palmer build his dream home. always wanted d to build in this beautiful canyon northwest of colorado springs and he finally have the financial prowess to do it. in 1905, the house was remodeled and that was when the stone was brought in, beautiful roof tiles, and the castle was created. today, it still stands. piece a really beautiful of our history and we're all proud that it has been preserved. another thing that i think is really interesting and has left a lasting impact on account is of open space

he needed the biggest acumen of george auster peabody. partner of a firm in new york city the helped develop some of america's leading industries. what george foster peabody brought to the partnership was the ability to find investors and finance the railroad. it was with the denver and rio grande western that they had to retool from narrow gauge to standard gauge that palmer began to see a profit and finally became a millionaire in 1901. until that time, he had been struggling financially. his dreamted to build home am a home he always wanted to build in this canyon north of colorado springs and finally had the finances to do it. remodeled and that's when the stone was brought in and the castle was created. stands.le still it operated by the navigators but it's a beautiful piece of our history and we are all proud it has been preserved. another thing i think is interesting and has left a lasting impact is his concept of open space and parks. during his lifetime and afterwards, he donated over 2000 acres of land to colorado springs for par

he went to peabody, george peabody school [speaker not understood] in the richmond, roosevelt and washingtonigh in the richmond and city college as well. he's a poet and eviction fighter, a nephew, a son, an organizer and former richmond district resident. he's also -- after he finished his education he went on to become the board president of our manila town heritage foundation that's in the spot, the former hole in the ground aye hotel, manila town [speaker not understood]. he's the editor of poor magazine. and i see how he inspires a multi-racial group of young people to be revolutionaries and fighters for their communities and for self-determination everywhere. and he's the author of two children's books, walk us [speaker not understood] fish and [speaker not understood] hotel, and be on the look out for his upcoming book of poems and essays, cool don't live here no more, and it's going to be released in the spring of 2015. tony's blog, tony robles word press.com has a number of poems that he's written. from the challenge from alejandro [speaker not understood] poet laureate we should br