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 Posted: Tue Apr 13th, 2010 06:56 am
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 I am reading a book called Last Train to Paradise which is about Henry Flagler and his railroad down in the Florida Keys.  It starts with a Hurricane in 1935 that killed 600 men including many WW1 vets who were working on the railroad on one of the keys. 

Goes to prove you can connect anything to the Civil War in less that six degrees of speratation

I was reading about Flagler and came on this paragraph "The onset of the Civil War proved a boon to Flagler who though he opposed slavery saw no reason to go to war over such matters." . . . "Flagler stayed home to tend to business , encouraged in his decision by Rockerfeller and others in their circle who felt that the war was a distanct and wastefull distraction ."

Sorry to have distracted you Mr. Rockerfeller .  Seems he and Flagler made quite a bit of money on the war though.