1898 – Battery B, 1st U.S. Army Artillery, with 2 officers and 121 men, arrived at the Key West Barracks from Hilton Head, SC. 1907 – A...

1890 – Commander J.H. Winn, Commander Naval Base Key West, moved into the newly built commandant’s quarters (now known as the Little...

1909 – Many vessels were still sunk, jumbled, or trapped at Key West because of the October 11 hurricane. Especially problematic were...

1828 – The act incorporating the City of Key West was repealed and a new one incorporating the Town of Key West was passed by the...

1909 – Leo DeVera of Key West was killed while hunting at the east end of the island. The 17-year-old was creeping up on a flock of...

1865 – George Davis, Attorney General of the Confederate States, was arrested at Key West by U.S. Deputy Marshal Benjamin Kerr and...

1906 – Over nine inches of rain had fallen in 48 hours, flooding the lower parts of Key West. The water at the corner of Southard and...

1864 – Henry Hamilton and Darius Stokes, members of the 2nd USCT, were executed at Key West, probably by a firing squad, for mutiny that...

1828 – The first term of the Superior Court Southern Judicial District of the Territory of Florida was held in Key West. 1953 – A...

1936 – Leonard Giovannoli, former biology instructor at the University of Florida, was placed in charge of the crawfish hatchery at the...

1822 – The brig Samson , sailing from Mobile to Maine, was boarded by pirates off the Dry Tortugas. The passengers and crew were robbed...

1889 – Key West’s cigarmakers were on strike and the work stoppage was affecting other businesses on the island. After determining his...

1900 – The people of Key West raised over $1,200 for victims of the Galveston hurricane. The disbanded cigarmakers’ union voted to give...

1823 – The brig Phoebe Ann , sailing to New Orleans, wrecked on the Western Dry Rocks near Sand Key. The crew got the vessel off by...

1853 – The brig Nancy Place , sailing from Cuba, ran ashore at Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas. A letter was sent to Key West on a...

1908 – Two six-pounder saluting guns were placed at Naval Station Key West, and they were ready to salute incoming vessels, in return...

1932 – After an 11-day drive, Ernest Hemingway and Charles Thompson returned to Key West from a hunting trip to Montana and Wyoming. The...

1901 – The United States dredge boat Winyah Bay competed its work on the northwest channel, and steamers could go through at low tide....

People dressed up as plants on a parade float. 1852 – Key Wester James C. Clapp opened a hotel called The Ocean House at the corner of...

1770 – The HMS Carysford wrecked on a reef off Key Largo and gave its name to the reef, which was later changed to Carysfort. 1908 –...