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A Century in The Sun: Henry Flagler & The Making of Modern Florida
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A Century in The Sun: Henry Flagler & The Making of Modern Florida

Jan 21, 2012
0h 57m
★ 0.0

Overview

A one-hour documentary that tells the story of how Standard Oil magnate Henry Flagler came to Florida in the late 1800s, built a railroad and hotel empire on the last American frontier, and launched a population boom that lasts a hundred years.

Genres

Documentary
History

Production Companies

WLRN-TV
Knockemdown Productions

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