1901 – The Diebold Safe and Lock Company was installing a large vault in the County House for the use as an armory and for the Clerk of...

1836 – The lighthouse staff at Sand Key reported the small island 10 miles distant from Key West was being swarmed by an “innumerable...

1912 – While driving a Key West Gas Company truck down Fleming Street, Maitland Knowles was struck in the eye by a rock thrown by a boy,...

1894 – A hurricane that had traveled the length of Cuba passed over Key West, where winds were clocked at 104 mph. Only slight damage...

1913 – Joseph R. Stirrup accepted the position of assistant foreman at the Cortez Cigar Company in Key West. Stirrup was in the race to...

1902 – A shark measuring 15 feet was caught from Curry’s Wharf near the harbor end of Simonton Street. 1915 – Alfred Atchinson, Denham...

1915 – With improved firefighting apparatus and increased efficiency by the Key West Fire Department, insurance rates were dropped on...

1836 – After having been on station for two months to protect Indian Key from Seminole attack, the Revenue Cutter Dexter left the...

1906 – El Centro Asturiano established a branch in Key West. The society had one of the finest hospitals in Havana. 1906 – Wm. Curry &...

1850 – The Spanish brig Moreno , sailing from Trinidad de Cuba to Barcelona with a cargo of sugar, aguardiente, and cigars, ran ashore...

1904 – The new St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Truman Avenue was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. W.J. Kenny, D.D., Bishop of St....

1906 – The Key West Realty Company found a cigar company to build a factory on the large tract of land they had on First Street and...

1910 – The Department of Agriculture issued a request for proposals for the construction of a new concrete weather station at Sand Key....

1906 – Key West cigar manufacturer Walter S. Lightbourn died in Batabanó, Cuba. 1940 – A fighter plane attached to the U.S. Destroyer...

1924 – The Monroe County School Board was prepared to open a school at Flamingo on the mainland, if it could be proved that ten children...

1907 – George Patterson took charge of the U.S. Weather Bureau’s Key West station from H.G. Cornthwaite, who went to Northfield, VT. 1910...

1840 – Seminole warriors attacked and burned the settlement on Indian Key, an island community founded by Jacob Housman as a rival...

1884 – Walter C. Maloney died in Key West at age of 71. He was a lawyer and had served in the state legislature from Monroe County and...

1864 – Admiral Theodorus Bailey, flag officer commanding the East Gulf Blockading Squadron at Key West, wrote: “My worst fears have been...

1856 – The U.S. sloop-of-war Cyane arrived at Key West from Aspinwall, intending to stay for weeks. That intention was abandoned when...