Everyone has dreams but not everyone accomplishes their dreams ,but Henry Plant and Henry Flagler did these two men were a big part of history and now we see how much their work paid off.
“The man who saw a wilderness and out of it created an empire; who saw a desert and out of it made a garden spot,” is the way Henry M. Flagler was described by Richard H. Edmonds, famous editor of the Manufacturers Record. Both men were interested in making Florida into a better place although they had different ways of doing so. Henry Plant founded the east coast railroad while Henry Flagler founded most of our beautiful hotels.
Henry Plant branded his networks of railroads and steamships the plant system.This became the most profitable networks in the 1800's through the 1890's.Before this Plant started buying out bankrupt railroads he moved his way into Florida.Henry expanded also by having connections with other railroad projects like when he helped Mr. Ingraham they expanded their railroads to Florida and on January fourth the tracks were opened Plant had become the owner of three-fifths of the SouthFlorida Railroad.Henry Plant and Henry Flagler had split the state up Henry Plant had the west coast and Henry Flagler had the east coast of the state.
Henry Flagler shared the same interest as Mr.Plant make Florida somewhere people want to go to.Flagler built many hotels such as the hotel Ponce de Leon ,Royal Poinciana,Palm Beach Inn,and bought the Hotel Ormond. Flagler did not only have a hotel business but he also had a railroad business a transportation company offered Flagler to bring his railroad further south and he took to work immediately.Florida East Coast Railway was renamed by Flagler's Railroad in 1895 Flagler dreaded a channel he built streets instituted the first water and power systems he also financed the town's first newspaper.The people of the town wanted to honor the man who was responsible for the town's growth by naming it Flagler but he refused he suggested it be call Miama or Miami which are Indian names.
Both of these men are a big part of Florida's history these men made many changes to how Florida was so that people could populate the state. All the efforts that these two men made finally paid off there were many tourists and new opportunities.These men were well known because of everything that they did everybody liked them.
Dreaming is part of life and everybody has dreams and when a person dreams it opens their mind to new things. Everyone has a chance to do something special be someone special and it doesn't matter if your rich or poor.
