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Otto Mears, Colorado Railroad Pathfinder, 2 Signatures, 1892 strebe [183728]

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Otto Mears, Colorado Railroad Pathfinder, 2 Signatures, 1892 strebe [183728]
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2x 1892 clear Otto Mears signatures in lower right on Bill For Voucher documents. "Otto Mears (May 3, 1840 – June 24, 1931) was a Colorado railroad builder and entrepreneur who played a major role in the early development of southwestern Colorado. 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. 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. Later Mears worked the gold fields of California before settling in Colorado, where he would make his name. He initially settled in Conejos County in Colorado Territory, but soon moved to Saguache, Colorado, then to the San Juans where, among other things, he served as interpreter, negotiator, and friend of the Ute Indians. In 1873, Mears was one of the negotiators that helped secure a deal with Chief Ouray, requiring his people to move away from the "Red Mountains" and resettle in a reservation in another part of the Colorado Territory." from wikipedia [ Colorado