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<br /> <br />tracked down the ponderous mammoth-for the <br />area was one of the first on the continent to be <br />inhabited. They passed places where cliff <br />dwellers had .built their strange settlements, <br />and then vanished behind the veil of time to be <br />replaced by the prehistoric Indians. <br /> <br />Advent oj Settlers <br /> <br />On another search in 1806, Capt. Zebulon M. <br /> <br />Pike discovered the peak that now bears his <br />name and which inspired the slogan . 'Pikes <br />Peak or Bust" on the covered wagons of those <br />who crossed the plains in 1849 in search of gold. <br />Famous routes such as the Old Spanish Trail <br />and the Santa Fe and Overland Trails were <br />established and, later, among those who, <br />tra veled over them were such historic figures as <br />Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody, John C. Fremont, <br />"Doc" Holliday and others. <br /> <br />5 <br />