Marker #5-39 : Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) / Same

Jeffrey Apron Conveyor uploaded by Ohio Historical Society
Apron conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio moving barrels of engine oil at the Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1924 (AL01462).

Name	User	Date
Sign, looking west	boatchick	02-16-08
The Setting #2	D.J.Reiser	11-06-08
The Location	D.J.Reiser	11-06-08
Henry Morrison Flagler	GHamilton	07-01-06
Henry Morrison Flagler	GHamilton	07-01-06
Jeffrey Apron Conveyor	Ohio Historical Society	02-17-06

Side A : "Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913)"

A founder of the Standard Oil Company, Henry Morrison Flagler spent his formative years in Bellevue and began his business career here in 1844, building his home near this site in 1858. He first became associated with John D. Rockefeller as a fellow grain merchant. The two later formed the Standard Oil Company in 1870 with capital partially furnished by members of the local Harkness family. Standard Oil became America's largest and most powerful corporation in the late 1800s, and Flagler used his wealth to develop the state of Florida. His Florida East Coast Railroad, known as "the railroad over the sea," extended from Jacksonville to Key West, Florida. The cities of Miami, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and St. Augustine grew with Flagler's intensive development efforts.

Side B : "Same"

Same

Latitude / Longitude

41.270518 ° / -82.84065 ° - Map Marker

Address

253 Southwest Street
Bellevue, OH 44811
Huron County

Location Directions

253 Southwest St.

Keywords

Oil industry

Categories

Industry, Mining

Sponsor(s)

Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Mad River and Nickel Plate Railroad Society, and The Ohio Historical Society

Year

2001