The last fifteen years of Flagler's life somehow managed to be more influential than the previous seventy. Flagler had done the impossible already, but now, as the 20th century began, he set out to build a railroad across an ocean all the way to Key West.
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Songs
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco
Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco
Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco
Sometimes It Rains by Lobo Loco
Road to Lafayette by Loco Loco
Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Love After Midnight 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://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal
https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/244350
https://www.floridarambler.com/historic-florida-getaways/florida-keys-pigeon-key-seven-mile-bridge/
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/Drainage.htm
https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/history-fort-zachary
https://fla-keys.com/hurricane-information/
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