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Flagler & Harkness
Learn about Henry Flagler's work on Florida's east coast in the 1800s and the Harkness Family's history - it's an amazing story.
The Last Great American Dynasty
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Taylor Swift sings about Bill and Rebekah Harkness in "American Dynasty"
What on earth does the Harkness family have to do with Taylor Swift you ask? Well, in 1948 at the age of 46, William (Bill) Hale Harkness...
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Railcars #90 and #91 - Henry Flagler's "Jets"
As one might expect since he was building railroads, Henry Flagler had his own private railcars. Back in those days, owning a railcar,...
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Edward Harkness first to meet King Tut
Ned Harkness became friends with Albert Lythgoe, the first curator of Egyptian art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lythgoe was married...
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