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Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the co-founders of Standard Oil along with Rockefeller, bought the Ormond Hotel in 1890, located in Ormond Beach, Florida, two years after it opened. Flagler expanded it to accommodate 600 guests and the hotel soon became one in a series of Gilded Age hotels catering to passengers aboard Flagler's Florida East ...
The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).
Eileen Butts was added to the state list of prominent Floridians for her work in the area including the creation of Tomoka State Park, the building of the Ormond Memorial Art Gallery and the preservation of John D. Rockefeller's Ormond Beach home The Casements. The plaque listing her as a great Floridian form the state's 2000 program is on the ...
Daytona Beach Charles Grover Burgoyne: wealthy NY printer, philanthropist Daytona Beach Matthias Day, Jr. founder of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach George W. Engram, Sr. electrical engineer, founder of electric company, general manager of African-American Bethune Beach Daytona Beach William (H.G.) France & Annie B. France: NASCAR founders Daytona ...
For many years, one of Ormond-by-the-Sea's most distinguishing landmarks was the Ormond Pier, a 750-foot (230 m) steel structure constructed in 1959 near the intersection of Laurie Drive and A1A. [10] A large section of the Ormond Pier was torn away by a storm in November 1984, and the remaining portions subsequently demolished for safety ...
It passes by the Old Bunnell State Bank Building near the crossing of the Florida East Coast Railway main line before it finally terminates at US 1 and State Road 100. Here, Moody Boulevard continues onto SR 100 which is the southern terminus of the US 1/SR 100 overlap.
Ormond Beach, Florida, a city in Florida Ormond Beach Middle School, a middle school located in the city of Ormond Beach; Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, An airport close to Ormond Beach; Ormond Yacht Club, a yacht club of Ormond Beach, Florida; Ormond-By-The-Sea, Florida, a city in Florida; Ormond Plantation House, Historic plantation house in ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal is a Florida daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler Counties. It grew from the Halifax Journal , which was started in 1883. The Davidson family purchased the newspaper in 1928 and retained control until bankruptcy in 2009.