Jack Hitt

So the Lowe's Gasworks made a fortune.

At night, the balloon would groan and sort of almost breathe.

And occasionally when it did,

sort of a bushel of ice would come crashing down on his head.

And he later discovered as the balloon would go up and down, moisture would freeze on the inside of the balloon.

It attaches just like a glass of iced tea out on a summer porch.

The moisture inside the balloon would stick to the balloon.

And then when it got a little closer to the earth or warmed up in some way, all of that would loosen and come showering down on Thaddeus Lowe's head.

So that gave him the idea that maybe you could make ice on land, you know?

And so he starts the Citizens Ice Company.

And I think it's the first public ice company.

Wow.

And of course, that makes a fortune.

Oh, my God.

He became so fabulously rich.

He started the Citizens Bank of Los Angeles.

Needless to say, he'd moved to the West Coast.

Yeah.

Where everybody goes once they make their money or want to make even more money.

What's really cool about the Mount Lowe Resort is getting to the top of a mountain was not something most people ever did.