headed up to the rich mining up in south park and eventually extended that real line all the way to sonic cityrich copper o the mines -- to salt lake city, connecting to the rich copper mines. idealist mer was an and a visionary, she needed the acumen of george peabody, who is a remarkable man in 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 r