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The life of Henry Bradley Plant
Published
1898
by G.P. Putnam in New York, London
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | by G. Hutchinson Smyth, D.D. |
| Series | Library of American civilization -- LAC 10280. |
| Contributions | Dickerman, George Sherwood, 1843-1937. |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Microform |
| Pagination | xi, 344 p., plates |
| Number of Pages | 344 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL13557712M |
| LC Control Number | 87760341 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 13921916 |
The Plant system of railroads helped to create modern Florida. When Henry B. Plant was born in , Florida was still under Spanish control. By , Florida was named a United States Territory, and in it became a state. Before his death in , Plant helped to develop Florida with railways, steamships, and luxury hotels. In discussions of railroads and their impact on. Henry Bradley Plant started as a cabin boy for a New York-area steamboat line. He later relocated to Georgia and expanded rail lines throughout the south. He was drawn to Florida and would lay.
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Henry Bradley Plant (Octo – J ), founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamship lines, was born into a modest farming family in Branford, Connecticut.
At the age of six, he lost his father and younger sister to typhus fever and was raised by his mother, step-father and grandmother. The life of Henry Bradley Plant [George Hutchinson Smyth] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The life of Henry Bradley Plant founder and president of the Plant system of railroads and steamships.
Henry Bradley Plant (Octo – J ), founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamship lines, was born into a modest farming family in Branford, Connecticut.
At the age of six, he lost his father and younger sister to typhus fever. This book, the first modern biography of the founder, provides the inside story on the often risky building and consolidation of the ultimately triumphant Plant System. And of its demise as well. The probate of the immense Plant fortune led to one of the first courtroom sensations of the early 20th Century.5/5(1).
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Henry Bradley Plant was founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamboats. He was born in Branford, Conn., the son of Betsey (Bradley) and Anderson Plant, a farmer in good circumstances. He was the descendant of John Plant who probably emigrated from England and settled at Hartford, Conn., about Children: Morton Freeman Plant.
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Subject(s): Plant, Henry Bradley, Plant family (John Plant, d. ) Biography Railroads. Full text of "The life of Henry Bradley Plant." See other formats.
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The first biography of Henry Bradley Plant, the entrepreneur and business magnate considered the father of modern Florida In this landmark biography, Canter Brown Jr. makes evident the extent of Henry Bradley Plant’s influences throughout North, Central, and South America as well as his role in the emergence of integrated transportation and a national tourism system.
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Plant genealogy prepared by G.S. Dickerman: p. Includes index Mode of access: Internet.
In-Depth The House That Plant Built – Years Of Cartier Mansion History. Morton was the son of Henry Bradley Plant, who had built an enormous railroad and steamship network across the South that came to be known as the Plant System.
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An excellent read for anyone interested in Florida History” - Robert A. Taylor, Florida Institute of.During the ’s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels. He wanted that empire to have a palace and that palace was the Tampa Bay Hotel. The hotel was built by Plant personally, not investors, at a cost of $2, and an additional $, for furnishings.
It took two years to build, covered 6.The Plant Family—Birth of Henry Bradley Plant—Mr. Plant’s Parents—Ancestors Came from England in —David Plant Occupied Many Positions of Honor and Trust—A. P. Plant’s Successful Business Career—H. B. Plant on his Mother’s Side is Descended from Joseph Frisbee, a Major in Washington’s Army—Reverend Levi Frisbee, Father of Professor Levi .
