EPISODE · Jun 22, 2018 · 6 MIN
VW's Electrifying Bid to Dominate the Pikes Peak Race
from What's New · host SpokenLayer
In 1805, Zebulon Pike, a US Army officer and explorer, explored the Louisiana territory his young country had just bought on the cheap, hunting for the source of the mighty Mississippi River. A year later, he led expeditions through the Spanish settlements of New Mexico and Texas. But in November of 1806, he and his men met their match in Colorado, while trying to scale a mountain that towers 8,000 feet above the surrounding region. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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VW's Electrifying Bid to Dominate the Pikes Peak Race
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