The Two Henrys Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroads

They share their names. They are the first time to find healthy places for their wives in Florida. And they all fell in love with this place, full of possibilities. Henry Plant and Henry Flagler also shared the passion of the railway and the hotel - they ignored the word "impossible".

Henry's factory had a steamship in addition to the railroad, and he decided to ship his train to the port on the west coast of Florida. In 1884, when his rail arrived at Tampa, the factory realized his dream. With the grand opening of Tampa Bay Hotel like his dream in 1891, the factory achieved another goal.

Henry Flagler first visited Florida in 1878 and he liked what he saw. After returning home he built railroads and hotels on the east coast, so that people in the north could enjoy the beauty of the country. At the end of his long, productive life, he built a railroad to the end of the key. It arrived in Key West in 1912.

Henry is very decisive and practical. They have solved all the major challenges set for them. Their efforts have brought about growth and development on two coasts in Florida.

The purpose of this article is to introduce the events and circumstances that led to the entrepreneurial efforts of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant. Use key backgrounds to demonstrate past achievements in the development of business enterprises of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant. An important biographical approach was chosen to provide a framework for analyzing the contributions of Flagler and Plant entrepreneurs to the development of Florida. The commercial business of Flagler and Plant provides the foundation for making Florida a destination for health, tourism and land ownership. Prior to Flagler and Plant's contribution, Florida was one of the most difficult states of the US economy. In 1870, the population of Florida was one of the smallest in the United States compared to the other states in the east of the Mississippi River.

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The more famous Henry Flagler is regarded as the fact of "," of Henry Plant, who first came to Florida for his wife 's health in 1853, and Henry Fo, his friendly rival You should. Lagler first came to Florida in 1878 because his wife was healthy. Henry Factory, Railway, Ship Editor Note: The Moorish Tampa Bay Hotel in Tampa, Henry Factory, was acquired by the University of Tampa in 1931 and is an iconic part of the location of schools and plant museums. Belleair's original brown Belleview hotel was called "The White Queen of the Bay" when Henry's son Morton inherited it and painted it white in 1900. It has changed hands and experienced new additions over the years, known as Belleview Biltmore in 1919. After several years of vacancy, the original Belleview Hotel will be Belleview Inn, the center of the JMC Community Belleview Place Community Center.