America's Byways: Peak to Peak

	Peak to Peak
	PROGRAM
	Summary
	Program Preview
	Video Tape
	Credits

	HISTORY
	Introduction
	The Great Divide
	Pleasure on the Peak
	Exploring on Your Own
	Further Down the Road
	References

	WAYSIDE EXCURSION
	The Chinese in the West
	Building the Moffat Tunnel
	Tuberculosis/Growth of Colorado

	TRAVEL
	Chambers/Visitor Centers
	Weather/Road Conditions
	Map

	RESOURCES
	Peak to Peak Timeline
	America's Byways Timeline
	Teacher's Guide


Longs Peak	Courtesy, Library of Congress LLC

Peak to Peak

Peak to Peak Timeline

1859 Gold is discovered along Clear Creek.

1859 John Gregory strikes gold on the North Fork of Clear Creek.

1864 Earliest segment of a road that would become the Peak to Peak is used by ore wagons.

1868 Major John Wesley Powell leads first group to summit of Longs Peak.

1869 Chin Lin Sou arrives in Black Hawk, Colorado.

1873 Isabella Bird journals her climb up Longs Peak.

1878 Central City Opera House is built.

Early 1900s Tungsten is discovered near Nederland.

1903 David Moffat begins building railroad route up and over the Continental Divide at Rollins Pass.

1903 F. O. Stanley drives first Stanley Steamer to Estes Park.

1909 Stanley Hotel opens in Estes Park.

1915 Rocky Mountain National Park is established.

1916 Road that will become the Peak to Peak promoted to tourists.

1923 Work begins on the Moffat Tunnel through the Continental Divide.

1927 Moffat Tunnel is completed.

1940 Ski Train begins runs from Denver to Winter Park through the Moffat Tunnel.


	HIGHLIGHTS


	Panning for gold Courtesy, Colorado Historical Society, F29959, 10028086 1859 John Gregory discovers gold along Clear Creek.


	Major John Wesley Powell Courtesy, Library of Congress 1868 Major John Wesley Powell leads first group to summit of Longs Peak.

	Chin Lin Sou Courtesy, Tim Jung 1869 Chin Lin Sou arrives in Black Hawk, Colorado.

	Tourists Courtesy, Estes Park Historical Museum 1916 Road that becomes the Peak to Peak is promoted to tourists.