15 November 1806U.S. Army officer, Zebulon Pike and his exploratory team sighted and tried to climb to the summit of the mountain now usually known as Pikes Peak located in the Front Range of the American Rocky Mountains. Pikes Peak is commonly believed to have inspired the songwriter and poet Katharine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful” in 1893.
Pikes Peak article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak
America the Beautiful article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL  Many recordings on YouTube      https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=America+the+Beautiful+
ON TOP OF PIKES PEAKE  - Billy Briggs       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPt0XMdbeL0
THE TOP OF THE WORLD   - Steve Biddison · Steve Biddison · Serenity Ridge Singers   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQvol4WOj98