The Masonic Temple in Key West 1882 – Pineapple growers in the Key Largo area shipped 360,000 pineapples in the year’s season. 1900 –...

Sally Rand teaching dance at the Casa Marina in Key West, circa 1950. 1858 – An attempt to erect an iron beacon at Rebecca Shoal was...

The Western Union, circa 1960 1921 – A.B. Solomon was arrested at Key West on a charge of grand larceny stemming from a scam he pulled...

Treasure Salvors ship sunk at the dock in 1980. 1819 – The brig Rising Sun , sailing from Havana, was boarded by pirates near the...

Valladares & Son newsstand, 1200 Fleming St., Key West 1829 – Charles Hawkins shot William A. McRea, as he walked on Whitehead Street,...

1924 – Wm. M. Butler, political manager for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, bought 476 acres on Key Largo. The land included a 100-acre...

1839 – The brig Arabian , sailing from Charleston to New Orleans, went ashore at the Tortugas with a cargo of rice, beans, and an untold...

1822 – Congress denied a land grant to the East Florida Coffee Land Association. The group was asking for a 23,000-acre tract that...

1862 – The case of the ship S.R. Mallory , owned by Wm. Curry Sons of Key West, which wrecked on the Middle Key at the Tortugas, was...

1828 – William Pinckney, Collector of Customs, completed a census and reported a population of 421. 1875 – The 1874 crop of Key Largo...

1901 – The schooners Lilly White and Dr. Lykes were seized at Key West by the revenue cutter McClane. The vessels, bound from Havana,...

1861 – The Army reported that Fort Taylor had the following armament: 60 coastal and garrison cannons, 50 8-inch Columbians and 10...