#247 Henry Flagler (Rockefeller's partner)

When Henry Flagler, co founder of Standard Oil, and one of the world's most famous and powerful men, announced that he would extend his far flung empire by building a railroad across the ocean. Few could have anticipated how things would ultimately turn out. Many immediately dismissed Flagler's intentions as impossible. They were hard headed scientists, engineers, and businessmen who thought what Flagler proposed To build a railroad a hundred and fifty three miles from Miami to Key West.

Much of it. Over open water. Was a crackpot notion on the face of it. Flagler's Folly. The press dub the project.

Though the man who proposed it. was undeterred. He Would press on. The story behind the very being of this railroad may be its most amazing aspect.

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