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	Henry Morrison Flagler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Flager's non-Standard Oil interests went in a different direction, however, when in 1878, on the advice of his physician, Flagler travelled to Jacksonville, Florida for the winter with his first wife, who was quite ill. Two years after she died in 1881, he remarried.
		Today Whitehall is now known as the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum.
		Flagler originally intended for West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to rethink this original decision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Morrison_Flagler

	The American Experience Mr. Miami Beach People & Events Henry Flagler
		Henry Flagler died at age 83, on May 20, 1913, as a result of injuries he sustained in a fall at Palm Beach's Whitehall, the 55-room mansion he built as a wedding gift for his third wife.
		A combination of inclement weather and personal strife carried Henry Flagler further south still.
		Flagler was again charmed by the weather but frustrated by the inadequate hotel and transportation facilities.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/miami/peopleevents/pande05.html

	Books & Videos
		Henry Flagler and Henry Plant are acknowledged as the primary developers of Florida, and although much has been written about their railroad and hotel projects, little has been produced about their maritime accomplishments.
		Sidney Walter Martin’s study of Henry Flagler is both well written for general readers, in a lively and engaging style, and thoroughly researched and documented for serious scholars.
		The Flagler Museum souvenir video, featuring extensive archival material combined with footage of Whitehall and interviews with historical experts, explores the history of Henry Flagler’s development of Florida and the building of one of America’s National Historic Landmarks.
	www.flaglershop.com /flaglerstore/en-us/dept_5.html

	Everglades Biographies: Henry M .Flagler
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York to Reverend Isaac and Elizabeth Caldwell Harkness Flagler.
		One of Henry Flagler's most controversial undertakings was "Flagler's Folly." The aim of the project was to extend the tracks to Key West, a bustling city located 128 miles past the end of the Florida peninsula.
		Flagler's wife, who had always struggled with health problems, was very ill with tuberculosis.
	everglades.fiu.edu /reclaim/bios/flagler.html

	The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Flagler
		It was one of Henry Flagler's opulent resorts for wealthy New York tourists, and it helped forever change the future of Florida's tourism.
		The hotel became a school in 1968 after it was donated by the family of one of Flagler's wives.
		Berry talked about what life was like at the hotel, and he gave a history lesson on Henry Flagler.
	www.news-journalonline.com /NewsJournalOnline/News/Neighbors/NewsTribune/03FlaglerNT03070605.htm

	Henry Flagler
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York.
		In May 1905, Henry Flagler was 75 years old and ready to begin the most daring and difficult venture of his life.
		It was Mary's poor health that would later bring Henry Flagler to Florida.
	www.keywestinfocenter.com /hen.html

	Henry Flagler Page One
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born in Hopewell, New York on January 2, 1830, the son of a struggling Presbyterian minister.
		Flagler agreed, a contract was signed, and the railroad reached Miami on April 15, 1896, with the first passenger train operating into the community on the shores of Biscayne Bay on April 22.
		Flagler convinced the Florida Legislature to change its law in 1901 and he married his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan, whom he had known for about eight years.
	www.keyshistory.org /flagler.html

	Dr. Bronson's History Page - Flagler Era
		Thomas Hastings, Henry Flagler and the Founding of the Town of Hastings (not the architect of the Ponce de Leon) Tomas Hastings and Mary Esther Mellon were married in 1884.
		Henry Flagler and Thomas Hastings could have shared some of the same visionary traits Henry Flagler and Tomas' mother were cousins.
		Henry Flagler buys the Casa Monica after the 1888 season.
	www.drbronsontours.com /bronsonhistorypageamericanstaugustineflagler.html

	"Myths and Dreams: Exploring the Cultural Legacies of Florida and the Caribbean"
		Henry Flagler’s final undertaking was the daring construction of the overseas railroad extension from Miami to Key West.
		As he had done in St. Augustine, Henry Flagler was a major benefactor of West Palm Beach financing both civic projects and private developments including the construction of the Catholic Church for his Catholic employees.
		Flagler also contributed funds for rebuilding the Catholic cathedral destroyed by fire, the City Hall, a modern hospital, an African American school, and for paving roads, establishing waterworks, installing electric lights, laying sewers, and constructing affordable homes for workers.
	www.jayikislakfoundation.org /millennium-exhibit/profiles4.htm

	Henry Morrison Flagler D.A.R.
		Henry Flagler single-handedly brought development to the East Coast of Florida and is responsible for turning Palm Beach into what it is today.
		The Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on May 26, 1995, by Organizing Regent, Ruth Van Otteren, and 19 other organizing members.
		The Chapter was named for Henry Morrison Flagler (b.1830-d.1913) who founded Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller and Samuel Andrews.
	www.geocities.com /hmfdar/ourchapter.html

	Model Land Company Records, University of Miami Libraries
		Henry Flagler arrived in Florida in 1885 and launched a railroad system that extended the length of Florida's east coast, from St. Augustine to Key West.
		Flagler once remarked that, "Every new settler is worth $ 300 a year to me. He has to bring in everything he uses and send out everything he produces over my railroad." The power of the MLC also helped the subsidiary land companies as they sought profits from land sales.
		Flagler subsidized the canal company for $100,000 in return for debenture bonds and a note for the difference in the two amounts.
	www.library.miami.edu /archives/papers/model1.html

	Famous Floridians: Henry Morrison Flagler
		Henry Flagler intended his next expansion, West Palm Beach, to be the end of his railroad system, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area.
		Henry Flagler said, “I have always been contented, but I have never been satisfied.” When he began his development on the east coast of Florida, it was largely an uninhabited frontier.
		Flagler had some success in the grain business.
	fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/flagler/flagler.htm

	staugustine.com - 100 Years of News
		Henry Morrison Flagler's impact on St. Augustine is evident today, more than a century after he first visited the Ancient City.
		Flagler's dream of turning St. Augustine into a winter playground for the wealthy throughout the world became an empire of hotels, railroads, resorts and related projects that included agricultural development, civic improvement and the erection of churches and hospitals.
		Flagler is buried in the mausoleum adjoining the Memorial Presbyterian Church.
	www.staugustine.com /100years/1894_winter.shtml

	Home & Away Magazine - The AAA Magazine of the Midwest
		Key West's champion that day was Henry Flagler, a man whose business life had two parts.
		Flagler might never have looked beyond the terminus of his railroad in Palm Beach had it not been for a series of hard freezes in 1894 and 1895.
		Flagler's dream was realized on that January day when singing schoolchildren and 10,000 other citizens of Key West welcomed him and the first train from Miami.
	www.homeandawaymagazine.com /Index_oh_henry.cfm

	AllRefer.com - Henry Morrison Flagler, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Henry Morrison Flagler
		The firm of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler became the Standard Oil Company in 1870, and Flagler was connected with it until 1911, resigning as vice president, however, in 1908.
		Flagler visited Florida in 1883, and, annoyed at the inadequate transportation and hotel facilities, he undertook to improve them.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Flagler.html

	Last Train to Paradise : Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
		In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller and the true mastermind behind Standard Oil, concocted the dream of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean—an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal.
		In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller and the true mastermind behind Standard Oil, concocted the dream of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean—an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal.
		Henry Morrison Flagler, John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil partner and, in many eyes, the true genius behind that company, embarked on the project in 1905 when he was 74 years old.
	www.limotransportation.info /books-plain/0609607480.html

	Henry Morrison Flagler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flagler encouraged fruit farming and settlement along his railway line and made many gifts to build hospitals, churches and schools in Florida.
		Flagler originally intended for West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to rethink this original decision.
		Flagler dredged a channel, built streets, instituted the first water and power systems, and financed the city's first newspaper, the Metropolis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Morrison_Flagler

	Henry Morrison Flagler
		Henry Flager's non-Standard Oil interests in a different direction, however, in 1878, on the advice her physician, Flagler travelled to Jacksonville, for the winter with his wife, who was quite ill. years after she died in 1881, remarried.
		Flagler encouraged fruit and settlement along his railway and made many gifts to hospitals, churches and schools in Florida.
		Flagler originally intended West Beach to be the terminus his railroad system, but during and 1895, severe freezes hit area, causing Flagler to rethink original decision.
	www.freeglossary.com /Henry_M._Flagler

	Henry Flagler biography (The Man Who Invented Florida) [Free Republic]
		Flagler, born in 1830, was a partner with John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Company.
		Henry Flagler's ghost is STILL in that school.
		It seemed to all, including Flagler, that this was the culmination of his career in developing Florida and yet the biggest challenge was yet to come.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b619dc85bba.htm

	Flagler, Henry Morrison -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born in Hopewell, N.Y. With John D. Rockefeller, he established the Standard Oil Company in 1870.
		"Flagler, Henry Morrison." Britannica Student Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
		Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare dedicated two poems, was one of the writer's first patrons.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9323358

	FLAGLER COLLEGE: WELCOME - HISTORY
		This masterpiece of Spanish Renaissance architecture was the dream of Henry Morrison Flagler, above left, industrialist, oil magnate and railroad pioneer.
		Flagler's 19-acre athletic field is only two miles from campus.
		Lewis served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Flagler College for more than 20 years, guiding the College through a re-organization in 1971.
	www.flagler.edu /about_f/history.html

	Whitehall Flagler Museum - West Palm Beach, Florida
		Built in 1886 for Flagler's personal use, the railcar was acquired by the Museum in 1959 as an artifact of Florida history and an important part of Flagler's story.
		The interior and exterior of Railcar #91 car have been restored to the original 1912 appearance, when Flagler traveled by this railcar along the Overseas Railroad to celebrate this phenomenal engineering feat and the completion of the FEC Railway from St. Augustine to Key West.
		In his 50s, Flagler became interested in Florida and by his death, Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway ( FEC.) linked the entire east coast of Florida, from Jacksonville to Key West, establishing agriculture and tourism as Florida's leading industries.
	www.flagler.org

	Henry Morrison Flagler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Flager's non-Standard Oil interests went in a different direction, however, when in 1878, on the advice of his physician, Flagler travelled to Jacksonville, Florida for the winter with his first wife, who was quite ill. Two years after she died in 1881, he remarried.
		Flagler originally intended for West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to rethink his original decision.
		He was joined by Henry H. Rogers, another leader of Standard Oil who also became involved in the development of America's railroads, including those on nearby Staten Island, the Union Pacific Railroad, and later in West Virginia, where he eventually built the remarkable Virginian Railway to transport coal to Hampton Roads, Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Morrison_Flagler (1203 words)

	Everglades Biographies: Henry M .Flagler
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York to Reverend Isaac and Elizabeth Caldwell Harkness Flagler.
		One of Henry Flagler's most controversial undertakings was "Flagler's Folly." The aim of the project was to extend the tracks to Key West, a bustling city located 128 miles past the end of the Florida peninsula.
		Flagler's wife, who had always struggled with health problems, was very ill with tuberculosis.
	everglades.fiu.edu /reclaim/bios/flagler.html (1203 words)

	Artcom Museums Tour: Flagler Museum, The, Palm Beach FL
		The mission of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum is to preserve, research, and interpret: Whitehall; the associated collections; and materials related to the life of Henry Morrison Flagler; all unique and important elements of Florida's history and America's Gilded Age.
		Standard Oil Company founding partner Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway and the luxury hotels he built along the way, linked the entire east coast of Florida, establishing agriculture and tourism as Florida's leading industries and Palm Beach as a world-renowned winter resort.
		The Flagler Museum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/newones/33480-41.htm (1203 words)

	Gifts & Souvenirs
		This attractive Flagler Museum souvenir key ring features a full-color, wrap-around image of Whitehall and doubles as a miniature flashlight, emiting a bright beam of light whenever you need it.
		Included are a copy of Flagler Museum: An Illustrated Guide, a Whitehall Collectors Ornament, a Four Cherokee Roses note cube and matching pen, a 12 oz.
		The Flagler Museum souvenir pencil comes in a variety of colors to suit every taste.
	www.flaglershop.com /Flaglerstore/en-us/dept_4.html (1203 words)

	Henry Flagler
		Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York.
		In May 1905, Henry Flagler was 75 years old and ready to begin the most daring and difficult venture of his life.
		It was Mary's poor health that would later bring Henry Flagler to Florida.
	www.keywestinfocenter.com /hen.html (1203 words)

	Traveling in style: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
		Henry Flagler's 1886 railcar made its last stop in Palm Beach more than 40 years ago and never left.
		Other surviving railway palaces of the time period include William Henry Vanderbilt's Grand Central Station in New York City and Alexander Cassatt's Union Station in Washington, D.C. "Henry Flagler would be proud of this," Dr. Michael A. Longo of Palm Beach said at Thursday's preview.
		The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum opened the 8,100-square-foot building, which houses the lavish railcar and the museum's café, on Friday.
	www.sun-sentinel.com /news/local/palmbeach/sfl-ppflagler05feb05,0,1708827.story?coll=sfla-news-palm (1203 words)

	Flagler Development looks for $79M of real estate - 2004-12-13
		ment started by Florida business legend Henry Flagler in the late 1800s.
		St. Augustine-based Florida East Coast, through its Flagler Development Co. subsidiary, closed on the property Dec. 1 in a 1031 tax exchange, a prickly-sounding transaction that allows a property seller to avoid capital gains tax by using the sale's proceeds to purchase a similar property of equal or greater value within six months.
		Flagler Development's land legacy is the result of nearly 100 years of property acquisition and manage
	www.bizjournals.com /jacksonville/stories/2004/12/13/story4.html (1203 words)

	Henry Morrison Flagler D.A.R.
		Henry Flagler single-handedly brought development to the East Coast of Florida and is responsible for turning Palm Beach into what it is today.
		The Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on May 26, 1995, by Organizing Regent, Ruth Van Otteren, and 19 other organizing members.
		The Chapter was named for Henry Morrison Flagler (b.1830-d.1913) who founded Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller and Samuel Andrews.
	www.geocities.com /hmfdar/ourchapter.html (161 words)

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