Webthe mountains and plains of northeastern colorado held a special fascination for european traders and explorers from the early 1500s until late in the nineteenth century. Webaside from a natural abundance in the rockies, the mountains are also a major modifier of man's behavior throughout northeastern colorado. Webthe mountains of colorado once held vast treasures of silver and gold and when prospectors found gold in 1858, it spiked the pikes peak gold rush. Webin his biography, wild life on the rockies, mills describes his favorite summit: Peters spent the summers in estes park with family. Symbolism of pikes peak. Webhis “view of the chasm through which the platte issues from the rocky mountains” (above right) is considered the first published image of the rockies made from direct. Among the eternal snows. Naturalist edwin james and his 1820 ascent of pikes peak. Webhowever, by 1875 colorado's growth and politics had matured to the point that a territorial government no longer met colorado's needs and new calls for statehood were issued. Webrural communities utilize the groundwater of the colorado river as their main source of drinking water. The river starts as snowmelt at the base of the rockies,.
