As per our current Database, Otto Mears has been died on Jun 24, 1931 (age 91).
When Otto Mears die, Otto Mears was 91 years old.
| Popular As | Otto Mears |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Age | 91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 3, 1840 (Russia) |
| Birthday | May 3 |
| Town/City | Russia |
| Nationality | Russia |
Otto Mears’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Otto Mears was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Built the Million Dollar Highway over Red Mountain Pass and hundreds more miles of toll roads that opened up southern Colorado to settlement.
He settled on a career as a roadbuilder after hearing a complaint from a flour mill owner that he was having trouble moving his product over poorly built roads.
He went to the East Coast to construct several successful lines there after a financial panic cost him control of many of his railroads in the West.
He was born in Russia to a British father, and he went to live with relatives in the U.S. after he was orphaned at a young age.
He and Edward Harriman both helped the early settlement of the West.
