Future tycoon Henry Morrison Flagler's calling as a businessman came ... Flagler now planned a railroad that would reach from Miami to Key West, spanning seven miles of open water.
Today's Overseas Highway was initially constructed as a railroad route by entrepreneur and businessman Henry Morrison Flagler and completed when he stepped off the train in Key West in 1916.
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.