FLAGLER - Chapter 2: The Iron Frontier

Flagler and Plant were racing each other to build a railroad to Miami. Who got there first doesn't matter in retrospect. What matters is the things they built on the way, the heartaches they faced, and the legacies that still carry on to this day. Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook Email the show at [email protected]! Art for the series by Lauren Nix. Follow her on Instagram here! Songs Indian Summer by Lobo Loco Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco Out of Paradise by Lobo Loco Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco Sources Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean by Les Standiford https://www.plantmuseum.com/about/history http://hbp.sunstyledesign.com/?page_id=169 https://www.plantmuseum.com/discover/learn/chronology https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-05-10-9205090446-story.html http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/IngrahamJE.htm https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095319/00001/1x http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/TuttleJ.htm https://www.sanfordfl.gov/about-sanford/history-and-historic-preservation https://ormondhistory.org/the-hotel-ormond/ http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893 https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AAR-Short-History-American-Freight-Railroads.pdf https://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/whitehall