Otto-Mears-4K


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|| Can you imagine building a lot of famous railroads and finding San Juan region of Colorado? Thats what Otto Mears did. He was born in 1841 in Russia. His parents died when he was two years old. He went to America to live with his uncle. He could never find him. He stayed in America and developed San Juan region of Colorado. In 1897 Mears started the Silverton railroad company. Also, in 1895 he built Silverton Railroad. Later, he built the Rio Grande Southern. A couple of years later he developed Silverton Gladstone in 1899.

In 1896 he took time off to go to the east coast. Mining was really slow there. Otto finally left Colorado at about age 70 and headed for California until he died in 1931. We will remember what he did. Otto has impacted the present by finding the San Juan region of Colorado and he affected train transportation because of his railroads. || Citations Information from:http://www.ghostpot.com/rg/history/otto%20mears.htm Pictures from:http://www.ghostpot.com/rg/images/marshall%20route/ouray%20toll%20rd%20gem.jpg http://www.ghostpot.com/rg/images/san%20juan%20branch/srr%20locomotive%20100%20otto%20c1900%20dpl%20prn.jpg http://digital.library.arizona.edu/jsw/3403/images/286.gif ||
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