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Our History. Built On A Legacy. Flagler College celebrates almost 60 years of providing a rich, comprehensive liberal arts education in a small, supportive environment. However, its heritage extends back more than 130 years. Navigate through our interactive timeline to learn more about the College’s namesake, Henry Flagler, and how a hotel ...
- Who was Henry Flagler?
Graham, T. (2014) Mr. Flagler’s St. Augustine (A Florida...
- Who was Henry Flagler?
Graham, T. (2014) Mr. Flagler’s St. Augustine (A Florida Quincentennial Book). Gainesville, FL. University Press of Florida. Keys, L. (2015) Hotel Ponce de Leon: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Flagler’s Gilded Age Palace. Gainesville, FL. University Press of Florida.
Flagler College celebrates almost 60 years of providing a rich, comprehensive liberal arts education in a small, supportive environment. Its heritage, however, extends back more than a century. The college is named for Henry Morrison Flagler, a Gilded Age industrialist, railroad pioneer, and entrepreneur who partnered with John D. Rockefeller to found the Standard Oil Company.
Flagler College is a private liberal arts college in St. Augustine, Florida. It was founded in 1968 and offers 37 undergraduate majors and two master's programs. [ 3 ] It also had a campus in Tallahassee from 2000-2024.
Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a co-founder and major investor of the cities of ...
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Rockefeller Archive Center. John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York, about midway between Binghamton and Ithaca. His father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a "pitch man" — a "doctor" who claimed he could cure cancers and charged up to $25 a treatment. He was gone for months at a time traveling ...
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Flagler and Rockefeller negotiated an agreement with the railroads: the Pennsylvania Railroad would carry 51% of Standard Oil shipments; the Erie 20%; the NY Central 20%; and the Baltimore & Ohio ...
