1915 – Fire destroyed the large cigar factory of E.H. Gato at the corner of Simonton and Virginia streets.

1908 – There was a scarcity of gasoline in Key West after the schooner Wave burned in Tampa 10 days earlier. While Capt. George Wish...

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

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...

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

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...

1912 – Over 300 Key West property owners attended the City Council meeting to protest the new tax assessments, which they complained...

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,...

1908 – Harry Goodson, butcher at Key West’s Palace Market, broke his leg in a bicycle accident that occurred as he tried to avoid a...

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

1909 – Twelve Overseas Railroad workers were killed and 17 badly injured when 700 pounds of dynamite accidentally exploded at Boca Chica...

1863 – The U.S. Gunboat Sagamore returned to Key West after a one-month cruise. During that time Sagamore was involved in the rescue...

1910 – Two Key West children were burned after their mother placed a can of flaming insect powder on the nightstand and it ignited the...

1892 – José Martí arrived in Key West for his second visit to the Cuban community of the island. 1911 – Chapman Grant, grandson of...

1823 – Monroe County, the sixth county in Florida, was established by an act of the territorial legislature and signed by Governor...

1855 – U.S. Senator and Key West resident Stephen R. Mallory left the island for Pensacola on the USS Fulton so he could meet with...

1888 – An unknown culprit poisoned the drinking water barrel used by the family of Gideon Sawyer of Key West. The entire family was...

1905 – Sheriff Frank Knight took Simon Reyes to the State Prison. Reyes had been found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend and was...

1847 – The ship General Jackson , sailing from New York to New Orleans, went ashore on a reef 15 miles from Key West. The ship bilged...

1848 – During a voyage from Key West to Boston, the crew of the bark Zangari discovered a stowaway slave onboard. A passing...