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	Carl G. Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Fisher was born in Greensburg, Indiana, nine years after the end of the American Civil War, the son of Albert H. and Ida Graham Fisher.
		The Fisher mansion was damaged by fire in the 1950s and the rear portion of the house was demolished and replaced with a classroom wing during 1956-57.
		Carl Fisher next turned his attention to creating the Dixie Highway, a network of north-south routes extending from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to southern Florida, which he felt would provide an ideal way for residents of his home state to vacation in southern Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_G._Fisher (2826 words)

	Fisher Island, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fisher Island is a census-designated place (CDP) and town located on a man-made island of the same name in both the City of Miami Beach and on unincorporated land in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
		Construction on Fisher Island was begun by developer Carl G. Fisher in 1919, who purchased the property from businessman and real estate developer Dana A. Dorsey, southern Florida's first African American millionaire.
		Fisher Island's main ZIP code is 33109, but the three buildings along Government Cut are in 33139.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fisher_Island,_Florida (851 words)

	Indiana Historical Society
		Fisher managed to be in the right place at the right time with his new venture as a bicycle craze swept the country.
		Fisher, like his fellow bicycle enthusiast Oldfield, immediately embraced the new means of transportation, telling the champion racer, "I don't see why the automobile can't be made to do everything the bicycle has done." Fisher converted his bicycle shop into an automobile repair/sales facility.
		Jane Fisher said that the car her husband drove into town upon the flight's conclusion was not the same one that had been tied to the balloon.
	www.indianahistory.org /pop_hist/people/fisher.html (2954 words)

	Carl Fisher Biography - Miami Beach 411
		Carl loved speed and broke a record in 1904, driving an automobile two miles in 2.02 minutes around a track.
		At the height of the '25 land boom, the Fisher's Estate was estimated at $100 million.
		On July 15, 1939, at age 65, Fisher died of a gastric hemorrhage His epitaph in the "Miami Daily News" read: "Carl G. Fisher, who looked at a piece of swampland and visualized the nation's greatest winter playground, died...
	www.miamibeach411.com /History/bio_fisher.htm (789 words)

	Cruise-IN.com: "Marque of the Month" featuring a look at the people and companies who were part the Indiana's ...
		Carl G. Fisher is perhaps best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1908.
		Fisher's vision for new ventures was first demonstrated when he and James Allison obtained the rights to manufacture and market compressed acetylene gas headlight systems for automobiles, naming the product "Prest-O-Lite." Prest-O-Lite prospered and in 1913, Union Carbide purchased the company for $9 million.
		In 1908, Fisher was eager to build a proving ground "to establish American automobile supremacy." He optioned 320 acres for $72,000, brought in four partners and created the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	www.cruise-in.com /resource/cismar07.htm (346 words)

	Cruise-IN.com: "Book Review" on Indiana automotive history
		Carl G. Fisher's life would be an excellent basis for a mini-series.
		Carl is exposed for all to see, warts and all, including two marriages, a divorce, his bouts with alcoholism, his racing exploits, yachting, and his growing circle of friends.
		Carl G. Fisher was truly an automotive pioneer who serves as an inspiration.
	www.cruise-in.com /resource/cisbk01.htm (717 words)

	The Lincoln Highway
		Fisher adopted the name only after Congress rejected a proposal by another group to build a "Lincoln Memorial Road" from Washington to Gettysburg; instead, Congress authorized construction of the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington.
		After the headquarters opened in Detroit, one of Fisher's first acts was to hire F. Grenell, city editor of the Detroit Free Press, as a part-time publicity man. The 1913 Trail-Blazer tour included representatives of the Hearst newspaper syndicate, the Indianapolis Star and News, the Chicago Tribune, and telegraph companies to transmit their dispatches.
		Fisher's idea that the auto industry and private contributions could pay for the highway was abandoned early.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/lincoln.htm (4230 words)

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Financed by four local businessmen, Carl Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby, it was planned as a year-round testing facility for the fast-growing automobile industry in Indiana.
		With Carl Fisher heavily involved in the development of Miami Beach and Jim Allisonís nearby engineering company growing rapidly, the original owner foursome sold IMS in 1927 to a group headed up by WWI flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker.
		Carl G. Fisher was the speedway's founder and sold it to World War I flying ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker in 1927.
	racing.ballparks.com /Indianapolis (1150 words)

	1921 Fisher Trophy
		As a general proposition it may be stated that February is not much of a month to run off a series of races between high speed displacement runabouts in a contest that stands for reliability as well as speed, especially when one heat of the series was to be held on the open ocean.
		Carl G. Fisher, through the A. for a speed and consistency race between runabouts of over 35 miles speed, the underlying motive for the cup being to encourage the building of reliable stock marine motors and to develop a hull able to stand the strain of continuous driving.
		The Fisher Trophy was not by any means the only event of the regatta, and a great deal of interest centered in the express cruisers' races, which were scheduled for February 11th and 12th, with a run to Palm Beach and back the 14th.
	www.lesliefield.com /races/1921_fisher_trophy_midwinter_regatta.htm (2583 words)

	Sport: Before There Was a 500 - - Car and Driver - May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fisher was likely pulling his hair out over the motorcycle fiasco as the auto racers began arriving two days later on Monday, August 16.
		Fisher worked the press, putting female daredevil Betty Blythe in “Wild Bob” Burman's car as a passenger for a two-lap joyride.
		She thus became the first woman to go around the speedway and wrote about it the next morning in the Indianapolis Star: “If one stays on a racing car, it is sheer luck.
	www.caranddriver.com /features/6581/sport-before-there-was-a-500-page3.html (482 words)

	This Day in History
		The speedway was Fisher's brainchild, and he would see his project through its inauspicious beginnings to its ultimate glorious end.
		Fisher and his partners had scrambled to get their track together before the race, and their lack of preparation showed.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway would later be affectionately called "the Brickyard." Fisher's track filled a void in the international racing world, as there were almost no private closed courses in Europe capable of handling the speeds of the cars that were being developed there.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?category=automotive&month=10272954&day=10272974 (438 words)

	Society for the Preservation of LI Antiquities - Preservation Notes Newsletter
		In the summer of 1922 Carl Graham Fisher, entrepreneur and creator of Miami Beach, rented a cottage in Port Washington.
		According to the book, Pacesetter, written by his cousin Jerry M. Fisher, his 110 ft lots were “professionally landscaped on the waterfront with a view of the bay.” Here he made his home while developing Montauk where in 1925 he purchased 9,630 acres from Arthur Benson.
		Carl Fisher’s waterfront residence as it appeared from the water when offered for sale in 1931.
	www.splia.org /newsletter/fall1999/bayview_colony.htm (219 words)

	A History and Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio
		In September 1912, Carl G. Fisher, president of Prest-O-Lite Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, conceived the idea of constructing a "hard-surfaced, improved highway" from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
		He called his idea "The Coast-to-Coast Rock Highway," and it was Fisher's hope that he would find financial support from leaders of the automotive industry to build this first transcontinental automobile route.
		Fisher's company manufactured the lighting systems that were used on many automobiles of that day, and being "an enthusiastic motorist in his own right" (he was also founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), understood the need for good roads at that time.
	www.lincolnhighwayoh.com /preface.html (565 words)

	09-02-2003 - Monument Commemorates Lincoln Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He wrote Fisher urging him to write a letter of protest to Congress, which was considering spending $1.7 million on a marble memorial to Lincoln.
		Fisher asked Joy if he wanted to be involved directly with the highway project.
		Carl Fisher, who was elected vice president, was not present.
	www.timeswrsw.com /N0902031.HTM (603 words)

	Carl G. Fisher
		During his years at Prest-O-Light, Fisher conceived of the idea of building an automobile testing ground and race track.
		But accidents and the deaths of six people caused this first race to be cancelled—the crushed stone and tar track was deemed too dangerous for racing.
		Fisher then paved the track with 3.2 million bricks.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0921230.html (304 words)

	INDIANA-PACIFIC I.A.M.A. TOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, 1913
		The tour was actually cosponsored by the I.A.M.A. and the Hoosier Motor Club, of which Fisher was a director.
		Fisher, who went on the trip, worried that many would assume that the route taken would be the eventual route of the
		Fisher, Jerry M. The Pacesetter: The Untold Story of Carl G. Fisher.
	www.indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/P0438.html (1066 words)

	Archway Monument - Kearney, Nebraska - Lincoln Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Narrow dirt roads were the norm, but people with vision could see their version of transportation's future.
		Fisher was an entrepreneur who later founded the Indy 500.
		Due to the inherent problems of dirt and gravel roads, Fisher urged that concrete paving be used.
	www.archway.org /exhibits/lincolnhighway.php (162 words)

	This Day in History
		Cannonball Baker, born Erwin G. Baker, discovered his special talent soon after buying his first motorcycle--he was capable of exceptional stamina and endurance on the road.
		Carl G. Fisher and James A. Allison announced their vision to the world on this day, a plan for America's first transcontinental highway.
		However, Fisher and Allison's plan began to go awry when they failed to win Henry Ford's support for the project, putting their fund-raising efforts in jeopardy.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?category=automotive&month=10272961&day=10272977 (420 words)

	1921 Fisher Trophy
		As it was, after leading the procession throughout the 25 laps of the first race and 16 laps of the second race a couple of spark plugs fell down and before they could be replaced Orlo II had passed her and was never headed.
		One of the great disappointments of the regatta was the absence of Miss Miami, Carl G. Fisher's new speed boat, which met with an accident in a trial run the day before the first race and could not be repaired in time for the start.
		The third race was held on the open ocean but it was no trial of seagoing qualities as the ocean was as calm as the bay, except for a long roll that didn't worry anyone.
	www.lesliefield.com /races/1921_fisher_trophy.htm (720 words)

	Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, IN - PAT SMITH: A coast to coast rock highway
		Had there been no Fisher, Florida would be known today as just ‘The Turpentine State.’ He rehearsed the mosquitoes till they wouldn’t bite you until after you had bough." Will Rogers is only one of the famous and interesting people who were Fisher’s pals during his life.
		It has pictures of Fisher as a child in Greensburg and of some projects he brought to realization during his life.
		Carl had a - ah – well, a kind of interesting father.
	greensburgdailynews.com /cnhi/greensburg/opinion/local_story_095091157.html (967 words)

	Publications-The Pacesetter: The Untold Story of Carl G. Fisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		When Carl Fisher drove the pace car for the first Indy 500 in 1911, he not only set the pace for that one race but for the future of racing history.
		Discover how Fisher made the American dream, serving as one of the primary developers of Miami Beach and Montauk, New York (dubbed the Miami Beach of the North).
		The biography, by Fisher’s cousin, outlines how Carl was known by presidents, recognized by big-time auto manufacturers and why he was despised by Al Capone.
	www.pitstopbooks.com /publications-pacesetter.html (143 words)

	Speedway Public Library-Community Information
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway preceded the Town of Speedway by 17 years when in 1909 a cornfield area west of Indianapolis was purchased by Carl G. Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby for approximately $72,000.00.
		Carl Fisher wanted an "attractive residential area to complement the industrial sites emerging from the cornfields near the track." In 1912 the job of platting Speedway City was given to Lem Trotter.
		The funding for the acreage was furnished by Fisher, Allison, Wheeler, and Newby.
	www.speedway.lib.in.us /community.html (412 words)

	Sapona Photo Gallery by Kim at pbase.com
		The Sapona was purchased by Carl G. Fisher in Miami Beach, Florida.
		Fisher traded the ship's engine and machinery to a dredging company in exchange for dredge work and the ship itself was used for oil storage.
		In April of 1924, the Sapona was sold to rum runner, Bruce Bethel, in the Bahamas.
	www.pbase.com /kiml/sapona (312 words)

	Kosciusko Co. Lincoln Highway Committee - Indiana
		On September 1, 1912 at a dinner party for automobile manufacturers at the Deutsches Haus in Indianapolis, Carl G. Fisher, President of the Prest-O-Lite company and father of The Indianapolis 500 unveiled his plan for a highway spanning the country from New York City to California.
		Fisher estimated that a trancontinental highway would cost ten million dollars and sought pledges from the auto officials at the dinner.
		Just thirty minutes after his talk, Fisher received $300,000 from Frank A. Seiberling of the Goodyear company, without even checking with his board of directors.
	members.tripod.com /~kclocke/lincolnhighway.html (507 words)

	Subaru Drive Magazine: Summer 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		With this in mind, entrepreneur and promoter Carl G. Fisher proposed a road that would span the country from coast to coast.
		Carl Fisher also envisioned a system of roads for people to travel.
		In December 1912, Joy gave Fisher a $150,000 pledge for the highway.
	www.drive.subaru.com /Sum05_Feature.htm (1436 words)

	South Point Condos
		South Beach (or "SOBE" as known to its locals) is a section of Miami Beach, Florida that encompasses the lower 23 blocks of the island from the point south of 1st Street to 23rd Street.
		This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed starting in the 1910s, thanks to development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the Lummus Brothers, John Collins, and others.
		Carl G. Fisher, a successful entrepreneur who made millions in 1909 after selling a business to Union Carbide, came to the beach in 1913.
	www.kafka-franz.com /South-point-condos-miamibeach.htm (2030 words)

	MB Community Church - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Congregational Church was responsible for the formation of the Miami Beach Community Church - the first house of worship erected in the City
		Carl G. Fisher, at the encouragement of his wife Jane, gave the three lots on which the church was built.
		The Sanctuary was ready for occupancy on the second Sunday in January, 1921; the church organized with twenty-seven charter members on Feb. 7, 1921; and the building was dedicated on Palm Sunday, March 20, 1921.
	www.mb-communitychurch.org /history.htm (200 words)

	FISHER PASS MONUMENT COMMITTEE
		This committee is trying to get Private, Historic, and Government people and agencies to join a partnership with the Fisher Pass Monument Committee, to get a monument built for Carl G. Fisher.
		Carl G. Fisher donated $25,000.00 to the State of Utah in 1918 to make a short cut on the Transcontinental Lincoln Highway cutting out fifty miles of the worst road conditions then exsisting on the Lincoln Highway.
		Along with getting the Pass through he was the founder and creator of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Miami Beach, Dixie Highway, Historic Transcontinental Lincoln Highway, Montauk NY known to many as Miami Beach of the North.
	www.webspawner.com /users/fisherpass (203 words)

	Coral Gables FL real estate listings and homes for sale, home buying, home selling information – Ralph Morales - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Only accessible by private ferry, Fisher Island is a 216 acre retreat for the elite.
		In the 1920s, William and Rosamond Vanderbilt constructed their winter estate, which still stands today, on Fisher Island, the namesake of the original Miami Beach Real Estate developer, Carl G. Fisher.
		Fisher Island offers a nine hole P.B. Dye championship golf course, lavish pools, two deepwater marinas, Tennis Center including fourteen clay, two grass courts and two hard courts open day and night, restaurants, a world class spa and, a day school for the children of Fisher Island residents.
	www.yourmiamiagent.com /newconmiami (1244 words)

	Johnson's Indy 500
		[1874] Speedway founder Carl G. Fisher was born.
		[1939] Although no longer the owner of the Speedway, founder Carl G. Fisher died at the age of 65.
		[1908] Carl Fisher purchased the first 320-acres plot of land from the Pressley family that he would use to begin building the Speedway upon.
	www.geocities.com /johnsonindy500/today.html (3478 words)

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