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This week in history: The Breakers is born

By Michelle Quigley

On Jan. 16, 1896, Henry Flagler opened the Palm Beach Inn. It was expanded and renamed The Breakers in 1901. The Breakers burned down twice, in 1903 and 1925. The current twin-towered hotel was built in 1926.

Photo courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County
In the early 1900s visitors rode the mule train from the Royal Poinciana Hotel to The Breakers

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Posted in Flashback blog January 11, 2010 at 3:11 pm.
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