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Otto Mears Otto Mears (May 3, 1840; June 24, 1931) was a famous Colorado railroad builder and entrepreneur who played a major role in the early development of southwestern Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Colorado State Archives: Colorado State Capitol Virtual Tour: Otto Mears )〕 Mears was known as the "Pathfinder of the San Juans" because of his road and railroad building projects through Colorado's San Juan Mountains in the late 19th Century.〔Williamson, Ruby G. "Otto Mears Pathfinder of the San Juan: His Family and Friends" (Gunnison, 1981).〕 He built hundreds of miles of toll roads in the rough terrain of the young state of Colorado, notably the Million Dollar Highway over Red Mountain Pass, connecting Silverton to Ouray. ==Early life and education== Born in Estonia formerly part of ()] of Jewish parentage to a Russian mother and a British father, Otto Mears was orphaned when young. He was sent as a boy to the United States to live with relatives who had emigrated there, and sailed to San Francisco. Mears served in the California Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
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