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Keys History


February 22
1926 – A gala dance contest was held at the La Concha Hotel in Key West.

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Feb 211 min read


February 21
1935 – The Havana Madrid Club in Key West celebrated its grand opening.

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Feb 202 min read


February 20
1975 – A representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development met the mayor of Key West and toured Duval Street with him.

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Feb 191 min read


Vol. 21 - A Brief History of Key West's Clinton Place
A new renovation is restoring prominence to one of Key West's oldest public spaces.

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Feb 1910 min read


February 19
Many people were traveling by train from Miami to Knights Key “solely for the novelty of the ride over the sea by rail.”

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Feb 181 min read


February 18
1999 – Key West City Clerk Josephine Parker died unexpectedly after collapsing at the dais just before the start of a commission meeting.

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Feb 172 min read


February 17
1935 – The Key West Aquarium was opened with a dedication ceremony attended by more than 500 celebrants.

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Feb 161 min read


February 16
1935 – The Long Key Fishing Camp was hosting its largest group of anglers in five years.

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Feb 161 min read


February 15
1925 – The Navy took custody of Clinton Place at the entrance to Naval Station Key West and assumed maintenance of the monument.

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Feb 141 min read


February 14
1924 – The first batch of concrete for the walls of the San Carlos Opera House was poured.

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Feb 131 min read


February 13
1899 – The Key West Electric Street Railway company opened with a streetcar that ran up and down Duval and to La Brisa.

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Feb 122 min read


February 12
1924 – So many tourists were traveling between Key West and Havana that the steamship Governor Cobb had to make an extra trip.

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Feb 111 min read


February 11
1954 – After completing structural surveys, the Florida Road Department greenlighted 2,000 feet of fishing catwalks on bridges.

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Feb 101 min read


February 10
1960 – Students at Key West High School were dismissed for the day after a phone caller warned a bomb was set go off there at 2 p.m.

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Feb 91 min read


February 9
1995 – The statue of Henry “Booty” Singleton at the foot of Margaret Street was dedicated.

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Feb 81 min read


February 8
1964 – The Hemingway House opened as a museum dedicated to telling of the late author’s life in Key West.

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Feb 71 min read


February 7
1975 – The Oldest House on Duval Street officially opened as a museum.

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Feb 61 min read


February 6
1907 – The City of Key West was striving to make Fleming Street on either side of Duval the “Broadway” of the city.

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Feb 42 min read


February 5
1953 – The Key West City Commission approved a resolution that changed the name of Salt Pond Road to Jose Marti Drive.

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Feb 42 min read


February 4
1999 – A group called “Citizens Coalition for the Preservation of Keys Character” was working to dissolve the new Village of Islamorada.

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Feb 32 min read
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