Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830– May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. He is known as the father of both Miami and Palm Beach, Florida.
Upbringing and education
Henry Morrison Flagler was born in Hopewell, New York, the son of Isaac Flagler, a Presbyterianminister, and Elizabeth Caldwell Morrison Harkness Flagler. Henry had a step-brother: future tycoon Stephen V. Harkness, who had become Elizabeth's stepson when she married David Harkness of Milan, Ohio; and a half-brother, Daniel M. Harkness, Elizabeth's own son with David. Widowed by David's death, Elizabeth had brought her family back to upstate New York and there married Isaac Flagler.
Henry Flagler received an eighth-grade education before Daniel convinced him to leave school at 14 to work at Daniel's uncle's store, Lamon G. Harkness and Company, in Republic, Ohio, at a salary of US$5 per month plus room and board. By 1849, Flagler was promoted to the sales staff at a salary of $400 per month. He later joined Daniel in a grain business started with Lamon in Bellevue, Ohio. In 1862, Flagler and his brother-in-law Barney York founded the Flagler and York Salt Company, a salt mining and production business in Saginaw, Michigan. He found that salt mining required a fair bit of technical knowledge and struggled in the industry during the war. The company collapsed when the American Civil War undercut demand for salt, and Flagler returned to Bellevue having lost his initial $50,000 investment and an additional $50,000 he borrowed from his father-in-law and Daniel. Flagler felt he had learned a valuable lesson: invest in a business only after thorough investigation.
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Decades before Standard Oil co-founder and hotel-and-railroad magnate Henry Morrison Flagler transformed Palm Beach into a destination for America's aristocrats, it was a frontier outpost, home only ...
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and return around 5.30 p.m.At the Flagler Museum, you will learn more about Henry Morrison Flagler, a founding partner of Standard Oil... The group will also tour Flagler’s winter home, Whitehall, in Palm Beach.
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The Breakers and its affiliated companies are privately owned by the North Carolina-based Kenan family, which is directly related to MaryLily Kenan Flagler Bingham, the widow of railroad-and-hotel tycoon Henry Flagler.
The Breakers and its affiliated companies are privately owned by the North Carolina-based Kenan family, which is directly related to MaryLily Kenan Flagler Bingham, the widow of railroad-and-hotel tycoon Henry Flagler.
Editor’s note ...Please type the information into the body of the email and do not use attachments ... 2025 ... at the Flagler Museum ... at the Flagler Museum ... at the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum ... AnnualGolfClassic Awards Luncheon; noon at the Flagler Steakhouse.
One of the most sought-after is at the resort’s HMF, a vast and sophisticated drinking-and-dining space carrying the initials of The Breakers’ founder, Henry M. Flagler ... FLAGLER STEAKHOUSE ... Flagler ...
Would any holiday season in Palm Beach be complete without visiting Whitehall? Visit the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum this week to witness ... Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach.
One of the most sought-after is at the resort’s HMF, a vast and sophisticated drinking-and-dining space carrying the initials of The Breakers’ founder, Henry M. Flagler ... FLAGLER STEAKHOUSE ... Flagler ...
Editor’s note ...Please type the information into the body of the email and do not use attachments ... Dec ... at the Flagler Museum ... at the Flagler Museum ... at the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum ... AnnualGolfClassic Awards Luncheon; noon at the Flagler Steakhouse.
A familiar face for more than a decade in Palm Beach soon will become the executive director of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum ... "The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum is an invaluable touchstone to Palm ...
