Pike's Peak
Famous Colorado fourteener
Pike's Peak is a mountain in the Colorado Rockies, elevation 14,115 feet, one of the most visited summits in North America.
The view from its top inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write "America the Beautiful" in 1893.
The peak is named for explorer Zebulon Pike, who never actually reached its summit.
Also spelled Pikes Peak.
- America the BeautifulPatriotic song about landscape
- marmotsLarge burrowing squirrel relatives
- mountainTall natural landmass
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- gold feverObsessive desire for treasure
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- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- summitssummit, summits, apex, pinnacle, zenith
- mining historyminers, gold pan, gold mining, pickaxes, silver mining
- Mining SitesSutter's Mill, Virginia City, Comstock, Gold Hill, Kimberley
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Below-sea-level California desert
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Pike's PeakGrand Canyon
Massive Arizona gorge
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