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The mission of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum is to preserve and interpret Whitehall, Henry Flagler’s legacy, and America’s Gilded Age, in ways that inspire every generation to perpetuate and emulate the traditions and values that have made America the most prosperous and generous nation in history.
HENRY CLAY MORRISON. 1857 - 1942. Henry Morrison was born May 30, 1842 in Montgomery county, Tennessee. His parents died when he was very young and he was raised by his grandparents. The rugged religious atmosphere and the constant spirit of revival throughout the Blue Grass region made a profound impression upon him.
- Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell, New York, to Reverend and Mrs. Isaac Flagler. At the age of 14, after completing the eighth grade, Flagler moved to Bellevue, Ohio where he found work with his cousins in the grain store of L.G.
- In 1852 Henry Flagler became a partner in the newly organized D. M. Harkness and Company with his half-brother, Dan Harkness. The following year, on November 9, he married Mary Harkness.
- In 1862, Henry Flagler and his brother-in-law, Barney York, founded the Flagler and York Salt Company, a salt mining business in Saginaw, Michigan. When the Civil War ended however, salt, which had been in heavy use as preservative by the Union Army, was no longer in high demand and Flagler and York Salt Company collapsed.
- The next year Flagler re-entered the grain business as a commission merchant and paid back the money he had borrowed for the salt business. During this time, Flagler became acquainted with John D. Rockefeller, who worked as a commission agent with Hewitt and Tuttle for the Harkness Grain Company.
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Aug 2, 2019 · Discover Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida: This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum welcomes all visitors. Accessible parking is located near the Museum entrance, and visitors using mobility devices and aids may gain access to Whitehall through the Museum’s accessible entrance located on the south side of the property.
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Dec 19, 2022 · Dec 19, 2022. Tweet. Comments. Henry Morrison, the longtime literary agent who represented authors Samuel R. Delany, Dean Koontz, and Robert Ludlum, died November 2. He was 86.
