Flagler, Henry (1830-1913)
1852 partner with Harkness Grain Cy. (He married the daughter of Harkness and
was the half-brother of the Standard oil Financier Stephen Harkness). 1867
Harkness financed a Rockefeller-buisiness by $100.000 become partner with
Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler (as from 1872 Standard oil Corp.). Harkness put
Flagler in as manager by Rockefeller. Flagler was the right hand from 1867 on.
He had a share by the group of companies of 9%. After 1891, when his wife died,
he retired from Oil-buisiness. He managed himself as Tourism-pionier in Florida:
Flagler built the first railway at the eastcoast till Miami and erected some
Hotels along the line. He founded the town Miami and West Palm Beach (1890).
1904-1912 he extended his railway over the atolls to Key West by great technical
problems. Tourism-pionier/Bahamas-Flagler Collage in St. Augustine(Florida)
founded - Whitehall erected 1902 (one of the most beautiful and bigest palaces
of the USA).