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

Peak to Peak

Television Program Credits

Producer/Director
Sonny Hutchison

Narrator
Reynelda Muse

Writer
Lorie Hirose

Editor
Tim Scott

Music
Peter Kater

Assistant Producers
Megan Hutchison
Alada Ramsey

Graphics
Great Plains Creative

Online Editor
Steve Headlee

Chyron
C. Lawrence Sanchez

Photography
Michael Flueck
Sonny Hutchison

Aerial Photography
AirCam National Helicopters

Research
Deb Lindgren

Special Thanks
Bruce Rockwell
David Halaas
Sally Pearce
Rocky Mountain National Park
Stanley Hotel
Elizabeth Mills
Amy Bayless

Archival Images
Boulder Historical Society Collection
Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
Central City Opera House Association
Colorado State Archives
Colorado Historical Society
Denver Public Library
Enos Mills Cabin Collection
Estes Park Area Historical Museum
Family of WaWa Chin Jew
Family of Tim Jung
Gilpin County Historical Museum
National Park Service
Silvia Pettem Collection
James H. Pickering
Stanley Museum
United States Geological Survey
Mary Q. Wingate

Education Content Credits

Editor-Coordinator
Katie Eck

Writer
Arna Caplan

Consultants
Sandra Stokely
Cynthia Stout
Amy Swartz
Susan Andrews

Guide Design/Layout
Gretadesign, LLC

Copy Editors
Lori Kranz
Tiffany Q. Tyson

Website Credits

Producer/Designer
Cher Skoubo

Production Assistants
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Ellen Ethredge

Graphics
Cher Skoubo

Researchers
Diane Cerafici
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Cher Skoubo

Copy Editor
Diane Cerafici

Streaming Media
Tom Manion

Flash Timeline
Robert Thomas

Promotion/Administration Credits

Promotion/Copy Editing
Tiffany Q. Tyson

Additional Promotion
Barbara Lubinski

Accountant
Nicole Hardman

Administrative Assistant
Diane Cerafici

America’s Byways Project Director
Linda Rea


Produced in association with the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.
HIGHLIGHTS
Colorful aspen foilage, Colorado
Aspen
Great Divide Pictures LLC

View colorful fall foliage along the Peak to Peak.


Jenny Golden carrying basket
Jenny Golden
Courtesy, Gilpin County Historical Society

Jenny Golden, is born a slave, freed and becomes a Black Hawk midwife.


Longs Peak, 1868
Longs Peak
Courtesy, Library of Congress

1868
Longs Peak is a mountain of many moods. In an instant, clouds cover the sun and snow falls on green alpine plants as the seasons battle for dominance.


Golden aspen contrast against dark green pine, Colorado
Aspen and pine trees
Great Divide Pictures LLC

A journey along the Peak to Peak Scenic and Historic Byway is a reminder of how man is learning to respect nature's power. The stories evolve from those who scarred the land with gold mines to those who treasured nature’s beauty and fought to preserve those riches.


Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird
Courtesy, Estes Park Area Historical Museum

1873
Isabella Bird, a genteel English woman, journals her climb to the top of Longs Peak.
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