Current began in 1950 at the foot of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Springs home of Orin and Miriam Loo. Orin an artist and printer owned a small publishing business and Miriam thought the postcards he produced would make a good fundraising product. She began a mail order campaign to 500 ministers asking them if their church groups would sell the postcards. Current began in 1950 at the foot of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Springs home of Orin and Miriam Loo. Orin an artist and printer owned a small publishing business and Miriam thought the postcards he produced would make a good fundraising product. She began a mail order campaign to 500 ministers asking them if their church groups would sell the postcards.