E. F. Tucker 1933
1 book in the catalogue, published 2003.
E. F. Tucker wrote Otto Mears and the San Juans, a short biography published in 2003 and the one E. F. Tucker book in the Western Reflections catalogue. It tells the story of a businessman who built roads and railroads in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, and the catalogue lists the author with a birth year of 1933.
About E. F. Tucker
We know E. F. Tucker through the book. Our catalogue record carries a birth year of 1933 and nothing else. We searched for a published biography and found none we can cite, so this page does not offer one. The book is listed at 114 pages in the catalogue, which gives some sense of its scale.
What the books share
The book treats a single subject, Otto Mears, who worked in trading companies, toll roads, railroads, newspapers, mines, retail stores, mills and politics. The setting throughout is the San Juans of Colorado. The description stresses how many businesses Mears ran, so the book is as much about commerce and transport as about one man.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Following Mears between Ouray and Silverton
The Encyclopedia says his routes became the basis for much of the regional highway system. Read its account, then drive or map the stretch between the two towns, checking weather and road conditions first.
Comparing a short biography with a longer reference
Read the short book, then the Encyclopedia entry, and list which parts of Mears's career each one stresses. A mining history library like the one in Ouray is a good place to look for further reading.
Go deeper
Otto Mears built toll roads and railroads across the San Juan Mountains. These organizations preserve the history of the places he connected.
Otto Mears, Colorado Encyclopedia
A biography covering his Russian birth, his roads and railroads, and the route that became the Million Dollar Highway.
San Juan County Historical Society
The Silverton society cares for a mining museum, an archive, the Silverton Northern engine house and a Mears Passes page.
Ouray County Research Center
The society's archives include a mining history library of about 10,000 books, per its website, with visits by appointment.
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