Henry Plant and Flagler Timeline
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Updated: 1 Nov 2018
For school, don't wanna get premium so here it is :/
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Henry Flagler is BornHenry Plant is BornMoves to Bellevue, Ohio
to get a jobBecomes a partner of
D. M. Harkness and CompanyMarries
Mary HarknessFlagler and York Salt
Company is FoundedEnters the Grain
BusinessHenry and Mary visit
Florida for first time
for her healthMary Dies
of IllnessMarries Ida Alice ShourdsBuys Jacksonville,
St. Augustine, and Halifax
railroadsOpens his first hotelThe Hotel Alcazar opens
(3rd Hotel)Opens the Hotel OrmondVisits Lake Worth for the
first time and buys landOpens the world's largest
resort, Hotel Royal PoincianaSecond Palm Beach
hotel opensExtends the FEC
to MiamiOpens the Hotel
Royal Palm in MiamiOwns more than 2
million acres of landThe Hotel Continental
is completedIda Alice Shourds is
institutionalized for insanity,
they later divorceMarries Mary Lily KenanWhitehall recieves a wonderful
review from the New York
Herald TribuneFalls down a flight of
stairs and never recoversThe Breakers is destroyed by fireConstruction of the Over-sea
Railroad beginsBegins work as
a captain’s boyMarries Ellen
Elizabeth BlackstoneMorton Freeman Plant is bornHenry and Ellen visit
Florida for her healthAppointed Superintendent
of the Adams Express
Company’s Southern DivisionEllen Plant diesPlant makes his
first trip to EuropePlant returns to
the U.SMarries Margaret
Josephine LoughmanPurchases the
Atlantic & Gulf RailroadPurchases Savannah &
Charleston RailwayTampa’s population
is approx. 720Purchases the People’s
Line of SteamboatsPurchases the Tampa
to Kissimmee franchiseBrings the railroad
to TampaIchepucksassa
renamed Plant CityPlant Steamship
Line establishedObtains the U.S. mail
contract for Key West
and Havana mail routesCharter for the City
of Tampa establishedBegins to develop
Port TampaThe cornerstone of
the Tampa Bay Hotel is laidPlant System completes
a nine-mile railroad spur
connecting Tampa to Port TampaFirst hotel opensHenry and Margaret
tour EuropePurchases Hotel KissimmeeTampa’s population is 5,532Opens the Tampa Bay Hotel
as a winter resortPurchases the Seminole HotelPurchases Hotel
Punta GordaAttends the World’s Columbian ExpositionHonored at the Cotton States
and International ExpositionTampa Bay Casino is builtHotel Belleview opensTravels to JapanPurchases Fort Myers HotelTampa’s population is 25,000Dies of a heart attackPeriods
Flagler's Life (83 Years)Plant's Life (79 Years)The Gilded AgeJennie's Life (34 Years)Carrie's Life (3 Years)Harry's Life (82 Years)George Plant's LifeThe Gilded AgeMorton's life
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