1823 – The U.S. Navy schooners Weasel and Fox , accompanied by two barges, left Key West for a cruise against piracy around Cuba. 1860 ...

Filming the movie “Assignment: Kill Castro” in 1978. Photo by Cory McDonald. 1868 – Henry Albury was appointed Postmaster of Key West....

1865 – Word reached Key West that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered to General U.S. Grant on April 9, essentially ending the Civil...

1928 – Adjutant General Vivien B. Collins authorized National Guard units from Miami and Key West to Matecumbe Key to quell disturbances...

1898 – The U.S. Battleship Maine was destroyed by an explosion in Havana Harbor. 1925 – John Phillip Sousa, the famous march king,...

1763 – Florida came under British control. The last of the indigenous people of the Florida Keys left for Havana with the Spanish. 1931 ...

1908 – The schooner Magic , a former America’s Cup race winner, was raised and towed into Key West harbor by owner John Lowe. The...

1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose before the sun. Last night it was quite cool. After breakfast I was at the store...

The ferry Monroe County leaving No Name Key. 1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose with the sun and studied a case...