Flagler and Plant were racing each other to build a railroad to Miami. Who got there first doesn't matter in retrospect. What matters is the things they built on the way, the heartaches they faced, and the legacies that still carry on to this day.
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Songs
Indian Summer by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Out of Paradise by Lobo Loco
Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco
Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco
Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco
Sources
https://www.plantmuseum.com/about/history
http://hbp.sunstyledesign.com/?page_id=169
https://www.plantmuseum.com/discover/learn/chronology
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-05-10-9205090446-story.html
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/IngrahamJE.htm
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095319/00001/1x
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/TuttleJ.htm
https://www.sanfordfl.gov/about-sanford/history-and-historic-preservation
https://ormondhistory.org/the-hotel-ormond/
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893
https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AAR-Short-History-American-Freight-Railroads.pdf
