The Two Henrys Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroads

by Sammons, Sandra Wallus

• ISBN13: 9781561644612
• ISBN10: 1561644617
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-11
• Publisher: Pineapple Press

Summary

They shared first names. They both first came to Florida looking for a healthy place for their wives. And they both fell in love with the place and with its potential. Henry Plant and Henry Flagler also shared passions for railroads and hotels-and they both ignored the word "impossible".

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. iv
Foreword	p. v
Young Florida	p. 1
Young Henry Plant	p. 7
Henry Plant's First Railroads	p. 12
Young Henry Flagler	p. 17
Plant Railroads into Southwest Florida	p. 24
The Plant System	p. 30
Two Henrys and Two Hotels	p. 36
Flagler Railroads into East Florida	p. 44
The Flagler System	p. 50
Florida East Coast to Miami	p. 55
"Remember the Maine!"	p. 62
"Flagler, You Need a Guardian!"	p. 68
Florida East Coast to the Horizon	p. 73
"My Dream Is Fulfilled."	p. 78
Afterword	p. 84
Selected Chronology of Railroad History	p. 86
Glossary	p. 89
To See and Do	p. 91
Selected Bibliography	p. 93
References	p. 95
Index	p. 99
About the Author	p. 105
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