a trip to the summit inspired katharine lee bates to write "america the beautiful." we recently traveled to colorado springs to explore the city's rich history. learn more about colorado springs all weekend here on american history tv. garden of the gods is so magnificent. many people don't realize it is a city park. it has a world-famous view. the fact that we are a national, natural landmark, i really love the description of the garden of the gods park as being perhaps the most striking contrast between mountains and plains in all of north america. history, the history of the earth is almost like an open book here in colorado springs. what we are seeing here is remnants of sand dunes, lagoons, the bottom of an ocean, and even glacial gravels that have occurred from the last 3 million years. if you walk from the visitor's center out into the park, it's a walked back in time. in half a mile you can go 300 million years ago. the first people that we know of in the pikes peak region where the unit. this was our hometown, the whole pikes peak area was their homeland. th

that bikes may know peak inspired the poem that became america the beautiful by katharine lee bates. she came here to teach a course at colorado college in 1893. during her stay, she took a wagon ride to the top of the mountain. the view down to the plains from the top of the mountain inspired imagestry, inspired the that are captured in the poetry of the united states. we think of pike's peak is not only symbolizing this one location, but in many ways the beauty of it and majesty symbolizes the entire country. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring colorado springs colorado. learn more about colorado springs and other stops on the tour on the website. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on .-span3 >> next, the societal shift that occurred during the early 20th century as modernization impacted businesses and households. igo focuses on the literary works of the christine frederick and frederick winslow taylor, who sought to improve industrial efficiency. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. great. hello, everybody. as you know, w

may know that bikes -- pike's peak inspired the poem that became "america the beautiful" by katharine lee bates. she came here to teach a course at colorado college in 1893. during her stay, she took a wagon ride to the top of the mountain. the view down to the plains from the top of the mountain inspired the poetry, inspired the images that are captured in the poetry of the united states. we think of pike's peak is not only symbolizing this one location, but in many ways the beauty of it and majesty symbolizes the entire country. find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at www.c-span.org/ localcontent. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every week on c-span 3. tv nextamerican history saturday for all-day coverage of a world war i centennial symposium. we will hear from scholars about the war that inaugurated the 20th century and welcome your calls, facebook posts, and tweets. andguests include lee craig the author of the "berlin baghdad express." that is next saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on american history tv. history bookshelf feature