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Article: Flagler: Rockefeller Partner and Florida Baron.
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Mississippi State University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This book is a story of the life and times of Henry Morrison Flagler. It is a history of two developing industries that flourished in America during the late nineteenth century - oil and railroads. Flagler was involved in both.
Henry Flagler was born on January 2,1830, in Hopewell, New York. By the time he was fourteen years old, he had the urge to go west to the Ohio region and cast his lot with relatives there. He was first involved in the mercantile business, then in the grain business, for a while in the liquor trade, and finally in a salt-producing venture in Saginaw, Michigan, which went bankrupt in 1866. At this point, Flagler went to Cleveland and ...
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Article: Flagler System, owner of the Breakers Palm ...
Florida Trend;
August 1, 2008 ;
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...Flagler System, owner of the Breakers Palm Beach resort, is taking over the former Governors Club in the Phillips Point building, signing a long-term lease with the building's owners, Colonnade Properties. You can reach Ellen Forman at formanfltrend@gmail.com
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