The last fifteen years of Flagler's life somehow managed to be more influential than the previous seventy. Flagler had done the impossible already, but now, as the 20th century began, he set out to build a railroad across an ocean all the way to Key West.

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Songs

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Sometimes It Rains by Lobo Loco

Road to Lafayette by Loco Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Love After Midnight 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://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/244350

https://www.floridarambler.com/historic-florida-getaways/florida-keys-pigeon-key-seven-mile-bridge/

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/Drainage.htm

https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/history-fort-zachary

https://fla-keys.com/hurricane-information/