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Harriman and Flagler Shaped Nation’s Railways and Florida Rise
A retrospective on Edward H. Harriman and Henry M. Flagler, detailing Harriman’s vast yet modest estate, his quiet power in finance and railroads, and Flagler’s Florida railroad and hotel empire from St. Augustine to Key West. It notes Harriman’s widow as heir and philanthropist and lauds Flagler’s visionary hotels and island-to-island viaducts linking the mainland to the Bahamas and paving modern Florida’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Harriman
Harriman
Sharriman
James J. Hill
Pierpont Morgan
Erie Railroad
Henry M. Flagler
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Commonwealth
Standard Oil
St. Augustine
Miami
Bahama Islands
Key West
Havana
Colon
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Flagler
Henry Flagler
Camandaigua
New York
Republic
Ohio
Rockefeller
Andrews Flagler
Joby D. Rockefeller
Aladdin of
America