Future tycoon Henry Morrison Flagler's calling as a businessman came early. Born in Hopewell, New York, on January 2, 1830, Flagler left school at 14 to seek his fortune in Bellevue, Ohio.

Skye Sherman Located just across the Intracoastal Waterway from downtown West Palm Beach, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum is a sight to behold and feels like stepping back into the Gilded Age.

In the late 1880s, railroad magnate Henry M. Flagler turned Florida’s east coast into a chain of holiday resort towns, laying ...