The Two Henrys Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroads
by Sammons, Sandra WallusEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-11
Publisher(s): Pineapple Press
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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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