Pike's Peak or Bust (1895)

Small Pins are strategically positioned on an image of the mountain. This is the board. The starting Pin is marked base, and the Game’s Goal Pin, obviously at the Peak, is marked top. A player’s objective is to reach the TOP by spanning his Metal Traveler from Pin to Pin. Attached to the board is a Metal Traveler on a string. This Traveler has rings on each side that are used to encircle the Pins on the board. Starting from the base, a player positions his Traveler and encircles another Pin with the other end of his Traveler in order to move and climb to the summit. The Traveler spans easily to any pin, from pin to pin. A player does not need to force any Traveler span to move. The player who reaches the top of Pike's Peak first wins the game