mr. penrose half interest in the $500 and loanr him the money. our records of the foundation show that spencer penrose starting about 1909, frankly we are starting to build up towards world war i and there is great demand for copper. he was getting dividends himself of a million dollars every year. he started to enjoy the life of newly found wealth in the west. he bought a place in paris. he had a place in hawaii on diamondhead. a vision for bringing basically the east coast, philadelphia and his friends out to colorado springs, colorado. he could not convince them to come out and see the beauty of the region, so what he thought is what if i brought philadelphia and new york to colorado? invision vision this idea of building a resort. in 1916 he envisioned the so that he could convince his friends to come out. he wanted to have a familiar background for them. architect and had just finished building grand central station in new york. of the artisans who painted the ceiling. he had these two paint the ceilings of the broadmoor hotel. he wanted the

mr. penrose the mine for $500. that is what began their interest in cripple creek mining. foundation of the penrose, pencer was ting about 1909 -- he getting dividends himself of over $1 million every year. that was not only a lot of money today, but it was significant back then. the life rted to enjoy of newly founded wealth. he bought a place in paris, he a place in hawaii, but he had a vision for bringing, basically, the east coast and his friends out to colorado springs, colorado. them to come vince out -- could not convince them duty of out into the the region, so he envisioned an idea of building resort. and so in 1916, he envisioned the broadmoor hotel. it opened in december 1918. so that he could convince his friends to come out. familiar to have a background for them. he chose architect, a firm that just finished building grand station in new york -- he had these to paint the ceilings of the broadmoor hotel. grounds to be beautiful and feel like a glorious estate on the east hired a o we landscaping firm who, six years earlier, just finished central park in new yor