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

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...

1927 – A spectacular chase through the streets of Key West resulted in the arrest of Willard Hopkins, who was carrying 85 gallons of...

1845 – The American schooner Gleaner arrived at Key West with 300 barrels of flour but left a short while later, followed by a Spanish...

1924 – Real estate speculators were predicting Big Pine Key was positioned only behind Key Largo and Upper Matecumbe for a land boom....

1826 – A brig sailing from Havana to Boston wrecked near the Carysfort lightship and went to pieces. Part of its cargo of coffee and...

1834 – A proposal for a newspaper to be called the Key West Sentinel said, “Original essays on local subjects will be thankfully...

1857 – The wrecking schooner Florida , while loading cotton from a ship ashore at Caesar’s Creek, was burned to the waterline. While the...

1833 – A correspondent from Key West wrote, “Disease has attacked us here very severely. Six U.S. soldiers have died lately. One will be...

1891 – The Key West City Commission passed an ordinance prohibiting the killing or trapping of any songbird. 1886 – Key West...

1884 – A correspondent for the Jacksonville Times-Union wrote, “A vast amount of fruit is arriving in the Key West market from the...

1835 – It was reported that during the previous six weeks, $128,000 of salvaged properties had been sold at Key West, with most of the...

1839 – The lightship Key West was returned to its station at the Northwest Channel passage after having undergone repairs. 1923 –...

1822 – Captains Joshua Appleby and John Fiveash advertised their schooners Polly and Comet as available to carry freight and...

1886 – The Knights of Labor held a grand parade and torchlight procession through Key West. 1890 – Captain Hall of the schooner Nocatee...

1863 – Private William Paxson of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania died of illness at the Dry Tortugas and was buried on East Key. 1876 ...

1766 – The sloop Catherine from New London was wrecked near Key Largo. The nine people on board made it to land and over the course of...

1899 – Dr. J.Y. Porter reported that Key West had 45 new cases of yellow fever, bringing the total to 438. There were no recent deaths....

1863 – The USS San Jacinto of Key West’s East Gulf Blockading Squadron captured the steamer Lizzie Davis while it was sailing from...

1835 – Lt. Gabriel O’Brine of the Revenue Cutter Washington , after pigeon hunting at Key Vaca, went for a sail in a small boat and was...