WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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railroads
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tourists
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hotels
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oil
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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Flagler expanded his Florida holdings by building a railroad bridge across the St. Johns River at Jacksonville, purchasing the Ormond Hotel, and building hotels in Palm Beach and Miami.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1888, Flagler built the Hotel Ponce de León, his first in a series of luxury resorts along Florida’s east coast. A masterpiece of Spanish Renaissance architecture and the first major poured-in-place concrete building in the United States is now known as Ponce de Leon Hall.
Detailed explanation-3: -From St. Augustine to Key West, Flagler built a series of luxury hotels that quickly established tourism as a mainstay of Florida’s economy. His Florida East Coast Railway not only connected his hotels but opened the state to growth of all kinds.
Detailed explanation-4: -American industrialist, Henry Flagler, numerous luxury hotels–three of which were in St. Augustine Florida.