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Flagler and Plant were racing each other to build a railroad to Miami. Who got there first doesn't matter in retrospect. What matters is the things they built on the way, the heartaches they faced, and the legacies that still carry on to this day.
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Art for the series by Lauren Nix. Follow her on Instagram here!
Songs
Indian Summer by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Out of Paradise by Lobo Loco
Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco
Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco
Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco
Sources
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean by Les Standiford
https://www.plantmuseum.com/about/history
http://hbp.sunstyledesign.com/?page_id=169
https://www.plantmuseum.com/discover/learn/chronology
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-05-10-9205090446-story.html
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/IngrahamJE.htm
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095319/00001/1x
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/TuttleJ.htm
https://www.sanfordfl.gov/about-sanford/history-and-historic-preservation
https://ormondhistory.org/the-hotel-ormond/
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893
https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AAR-Short-History-American-Freight-Railroads.pdf
https://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/whitehall
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Flagler and Plant were racing each other to build a railroad to Miami. Who got there first doesn't matter in retrospect. What matters is the things they built on the way, the heartaches they faced, and the legacies that still carry on to this day.
Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter
Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram
Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook
Email the show at [email protected]!
Art for the series by Lauren Nix. Follow her on Instagram here!
Songs
Indian Summer by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Out of Paradise by Lobo Loco
Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco
Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco
Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco
Sources
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean by Les Standiford
https://www.plantmuseum.com/about/history
http://hbp.sunstyledesign.com/?page_id=169
https://www.plantmuseum.com/discover/learn/chronology
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-05-10-9205090446-story.html
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/IngrahamJE.htm
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095319/00001/1x
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/TuttleJ.htm
https://www.sanfordfl.gov/about-sanford/history-and-historic-preservation
https://ormondhistory.org/the-hotel-ormond/
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893
https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AAR-Short-History-American-Freight-Railroads.pdf
https://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/whitehall

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