The Manitou Springs Heritage Center and Museum proudly announces its nutty exhibit, ‘The Pikes Peak Peanut Pusher.’
Oddly, three individuals have managed the nutty task of pushing a peanut up the dangerously steep slopes of Pikes Peak to its omnipresent summit. The first, Bill Williams, had lost a bizarre bet that knew no bounds and subsequently performed the feat on May 20 through June 9, 1929. Perhaps, the most notorious Peanut Pusher was rockabilly music star, Ulysses Baxter, who performed The Peanut Push in a record breaking eight days. In 1963, Mr. Baxter’s fame was forever cemented through extensive news coverage in every major newspaper, an appearance on The Jack Paar Program and even an appearance on the American game show, I’ve Got a Secret.
Free
Phone: (719) 685-1454
Email: ManitouHeritage@gmail.com
2022/07/01 - 2022/12/31
Manitou Springs Heritage Center
517 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO 80829