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[[Image:Chesapeake_Beach_Railway_Museum.jpg|right|250px]]Build a lavish resort town on the shores of the [[Chesapeake Bay]], with reliable and covenient railroad service from [[Washington]] and [[Baltimore]]. That was the vision of Otto Mears an independent, short line railroad builder from Colorado.
In the late 1890's, Mears and a group of Denver associates designed [[Chesapeake Beach]] as a resort town complete with beachfront hotels, a race track, casino, bathhouses and beaches. A 1600-foot boardwalk was built over the water, supporting various attractions: a band shell, a carousel, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster and many entertainment booths. A mile-long pier was built to receive passengers arriving daily by streamer from Baltimore in the summer months.
