The first white men to venture “across the wide Missouri” were awed by the breathtaking sight of the majestic Rocky Mountains that loomed on the horizon. Colorado alone has fifty-eight peaks over 14,000 high. The tallest mountains these adventurers might have seen previously were the Appalachians whose tallest peak wasn’t even half as lofty.
The Indians called them the “Shinning Mountains” because of their glittering snow. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the Corps of Discovery f
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