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    Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He...
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    neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain of industry in the late 19th century, and a leading...
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    related to Henry Flagler through his mother, Louise Wise Lewis Francis, who was the niece of Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, who married Henry Flagler in 1901 making...
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  • richest men of the Gilded Age. Mary Lily outlived her first husband, Henry Flagler, inherited his huge fortune, married again three years later, and died...
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    railroad developer Henry Flagler, who was a key figure in the development of East Florida as resort and vacation destinations. Flagler Beach is located...
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    Johns and Volusia Counties, it was named for Henry Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway. Flagler County is included in the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond...
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  • Flagler may refer to: Flagler, Colorado Flagler County, Florida, named for Henry Morrison Flagler Flagler Beach, Florida Cape John Flagler, Greenland Adam...
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    of the war. With the economy already suffering, many residents fled. Henry Flagler, a co-founder with John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Company,...
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    south, starting the area's tourist industry. His semi-friendly rival, Henry Flagler, similarly sparked growth along Florida's opposite coast by building...
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    Oil tycoon Henry Flagler became instrumental in transforming the island of jungles and swamps into a winter resort for the wealthy. Flagler and his workers...
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    of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Flagler. He originally visited Florida with his first wife, Mary; they sought...
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  • industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner Stephen V. Harkness, and Oliver...
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    His older half-brother Stephen V. Harkness and younger half-brother Henry M. Flagler became two of the original five founding partners of Standard Oil,...
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    business school's name to Kenan–Flagler Business School in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler. On June 13, 2023, chancellor...
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    Henry Flagler, railroad builder and oil man, at the request of his daughter who liked the area. The town was officially incorporated in 1916. Flagler...
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    Channel Bridge, was constructed from 1909 to 1912 under the direction of Henry Flagler and Clarence S. Coe as part of the Florida East Coast Railway's Key...
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    Palm Beach, Florida. During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Breakers resort, then the only oceanfront lodging south...
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    (the east-west division is along Miami Avenue). Flagler Street is named after industrialist Henry Flagler and serves as a major commercial east–west highway...
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  • John Westcott, a prominent local politician. In 1893, railroad mogul Henry Flagler became associated with the company in order to help extend his railroad...
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    century, with the incorporation of West Palm Beach in 1894 and after Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway and built the Royal Poinciana...
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    St. Augustine. In 1885, Anderson sold his land east of Markland to Henry Flagler as was the land of Anderson's two half-sisters for the construction...
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    was the Ponce de León Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, designed for Henry Flagler. They went on to establish a successful practice during the 1880s and...
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    between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. It began in 1939 as the Henry M. Flagler, a regional service between Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; the FEC...
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    had grown up. She married Isaac Flagler, a Presbyterian minister in Milton. They also had a son together, Henry Flagler. At age twenty-one, after finishing...
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    railroad) was necessary to attract development. Tuttle tried to induce Henry Flagler to extend his railroad to Fort Dallas (Miami), and offered to divide...
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    "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels...
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    economic and population growth that attracted railway developer Henry Flagler. Flagler built a railroad along the east coast of Florida and eventually...
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    in its first few years, growth in the community did not last after Henry Flagler refused to purchase the Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway in the mid-1890s...
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    infrastructure was used for the Overseas Highway. Henry Flagler (1830–1913) was a principal in Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler and later a founder of Standard Oil during...
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  • baggage car, and twelve freight cars. In 1899 the J&A was bought by Henry Flagler, whose Florida East Coast Railway converted the line to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in...
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