Sublime

By marrying Eleanor, FDR would acquire even greater access to the man he most admired. Her financial endowment was taken for granted. Eleanor was not rich like the Astors, but her trust fund provided an annual income of about $8,000 ($160,000 today), which was considerably more than Franklin’s,

With that behind him, Flagler turned his interests southward again, extending his line to Ormond Beach, where he bought a modest inn and renovated it, renaming it the Ormond Beach Hotel, adding a golf course and other amenities so pleasing that Rockefeller built his winter home across the street.