http://mortgagenewsclips.com/2009/06/03/ira-artmans-sterling-slivers-agent-orange-henry-flagler-and-the-creation-of-florida/ Mortgage Industry News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:43:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://mortgagenewsclips.com/2009/06/03/ira-artmans-sterling-slivers-agent-orange-henry-flagler-and-the-creation-of-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-30367 Dave Quimby Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:17:35 +0000 http://mortgagenewsclips.com/2009/06/03/ira-artmans-sterling-slivers-agent-orange-henry-flagler-and-the-creation-of-florida/#comment-30367 Interesting story. His was a common one during the Gilded Age -- the Vanderbilts, et al. I had also read about the people who followed up as developers during the 1920's (I think doing something similar in concept, except without the railroads), until the Crash and subsequent banking failures broke all of them. That failure lingered into the 1950's. Interesting story. His was a common one during the Gilded Age — the Vanderbilts, et al. I had also read about the people who followed up as developers during the 1920’s (I think doing something similar in concept, except without the railroads), until the Crash and subsequent banking failures broke all of them. That failure lingered into the 1950’s.

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