Pikes Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write 'America the Beautiful.' See the views and plan your visit to the summit.
The Bonner County Historical Society and Museum is presenting “From Sea to Shining Sea”, a film that tells the story of Bates ...
“America the Beautiful” was born in Colorado. When Katharine Lee Bates stood atop Pikes Peak in 1893, she gave us words that still define who we are: spacious skies, purple mountain majesties, from ...
On July 4, 1895 — 130 years ago today — Wellesley College English professor Katharine Lee Bates published a poem inspired by a cross-country railroad trip and a climb to the top of Pikes Peak in ...