In a message dated 5/1/00 10:51:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<< hi all-

 speaking of railroad/way museums, i have heard that the flagler has
 something about its namesake, who was involved with florida railroads.  i
 had thought they were not just a railway museum.  can someone enlighten me
 on this, please?

 meryl zwanger >>


Henry Flagler, 1830-1913, founded Standard Oil in 1870 with John D.
Rockefeller and Samuel Andrews. In his 50s, Flagler became interested in
Florida and by his death, Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC.) linked
the entire east coast of Florida, from Jacksonville to Key West, establishing
agriculture and tourism as Florida's leading industries.

In 1902, Flagler built the Gilded Age estate, Whitehall, for his wife Mary
Lily Kenan in Palm Beach.

Henry Flagler's private railcar is exhibited on the Museum's South Lawn.
Built in 1886 for Flagler's personal use, the railcar was acquired by the
Museum in 1959 as an artifact of Florida history and an important part of
Flagler's story.

During a two-year conservation project, the interior and exterior of the car
were restored to its 1912 appearance when Flagler traveled by this railcar
along the Overseas Railroad to celebrate this phenominal engineering feat and
the completion of the FEC Railway from St. Augustine to Key West.


Michael Zaidman
Assistant Curator
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
One Whitehall Way
Palm Beach, FL  33480
561/655-2833 x. 29
www.flagler.org

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