Stock signed by H. Flagler as secretary and W. Tilford as attorney in fact. Printed by International Bank Note Co. Portrait and biography included. Rockefeller, in Bellevue, Ohio. By 1872, it led the American oil refining industry, producing 10,000 barrels per day. In 1877, Standard Oil moved its headquarters to New York City, and Flagler and his family moved there as well. He was joined by Henry H. Rogers, another leader of Standard Oil who also became involved in the development of America’s railroads, including those on nearby Staten Island, the Union Pacific Railroad, and later in West Virginia, where he eventually built the remarkable Virginian Railway to transport coal to Hampton Roads, Virginia. Henry Flager’s non-Standard Oil interests went in a different direction than Henry Rogers’, however, when in 1878, on the advice of his physician, Flagler traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for the winter with his first wife, Mary (ne Harkness) Flagler, who was quite ill. Two years after she died in 1881, he married again. Ida Alice (ne Shrouds) Flagler had been a caregiver for Mary Flagler. After their wedding, the couple traveled to St. Flagler found the city charming, but the hotel facilities and transportation systems inadequate. He recognized Florida’s potential to attract out-of-state visitors. Augustine in 1885 and began construction on the 540-room Hotel Ponce de Leon. Augustine and Halifax Railroad, the first railroad in what would become known as the “Flagler System” or the Florida East Coast Railway. Flagler completed the 1150-room Royal Poinciana Hotel on the shores of Lake Worth in Palm Beach and extended his railroad to its service town, West Palm Beach, by 1894. The Royal Poinciana Hotel was at the time the largest wooden structure in the world. Two years later, Flagler built the Palm Beach Inn (renamed The Breakers Hotel in 1901) overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach. Flagler originally intended for West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to rethink his original decision. Sixty miles south, the town today known as Miami was reportedly unharmed by the freeze. Flagler’s railroad, renamed the Florida East Coast Railway in 1895, reached Biscayne Bay by 1896. Flagler dredged a channel, built streets, instituted the first water and power systems, and financed the city’s first newspaper, The Metropolis. When the city was incorporated in 1896, its citizens wanted to honor the man responsible for its growth by naming it “Flagler”. He declined the honor, persuading them to use an old Indian name, “Miami”. He became known as the Father of Miami, Florida. He went to Columbia College where he studied for a couple of years, but the call of business was too strong to allow him to wait for his bachelor’s degree. Attracted by the prospects of petroleum, Wesley gave up his college course, and entered as a clerk in the firm of his brother, Bostwick & Tilford, then doing business in Pearl Street. The item “Standard Oil Trust Signed by H. M. Flagler and W. H. Tilford Stock Certificate” is in sale since Saturday, September 21, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Historical”. The seller is “labarre_galleries” and is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, South africa, Reunion.