zebulon pike never called it pikes peak. as the grand o it peak, but because his journals initially published in 1910 and he was the first this area in cribe detail, his name permanently attached to the mountain, and ultimately to the entire region. there has been people -- have been people in the region for a millennia. there is not sure who reached of pikes peak first, but we do know the first was done in mit 1820 by edwin james. a botanist for the -- for another expedition that followed after pike. because he summitted in the a nice summer day -- the mountain was briefly named for him. so for a while, it was called james peak. pike's effort, pike's journals were better known. so it remains pike's peak today. pike is a little-known figure today. we are trying to change that. those historian to have studied him. has not had the benefit of lewis and clark -- of a lot of scholarship. were not itions directly offered by thomas jefferson, the way lewis and clark was, but we think that he in a very important figure expedition we

explorer zebulon hike is credited with pike's peak. cable partners work with staff who recently traveled to colorado springs to explore the city's rich history. more about colorado springs all weekend here on american history tv. >> to best understand who spencer penrose the man was, i have a quote from his obituary. it says he was more than a community builder and philanthropist, he was a personality, a spirit, a being such as the pike's peak region had never seen before and will never see again. it was a scholar and a gentleman, a rugged individualist, a man apart. as vigorous and yesterday as the great pioneering west that he loved. he knew his own mind and he experienced it. in my own words, who is spencer penrose? i think of him more in terms of his legacy to the community. probably two of his most obvious legacies are he build the broadmoor hotel in 1918. one of the finest resorts in the world right here at the foot of pike's peak. he created the foundation, being apple orchard in spanish, and that was named after his home. where