1854 – The ship A.M. Hayes , sailing from New Orleans to Liverpool, was at Key West in a leaking condition. Areas near the waterline...

1859 – In a trial in Federal Court, Alejandro Carcer and Guillot Eloy of the American schooner Enterprise were convicted of the murder...

1904 – Fred Ewert was hanged for the murder of Frank Whitaker. The gallows was erected behind the Monroe County Jail at the corner of...

1887 – The Spanish language newspaper El Yara began publication in Key West. 1897 – Extremely high tides in the Upper Keys destroyed...

1884 – There were 645,000 cigars, 14 bales of sponge, and 112 hides shipped from Key West to New York over the previous week. 1904 –...

1890 – Key West, with a population of 18,786, was the largest city in Florida. Primary employers were the cigar factories making...

1901 – The population of South Florida (all the land south of Lake Okeechobee, comprising Lee, Dade, and Monroe counties) was 26,092....

1899 – Annie Fay, a white woman, and Will Harrison, a Black man, were convicted in the criminal court at Key West for having married....

1895 – The Key West sponge schooner Shamrock sank off St. Marin’s Key and six of the 14-man crew were lost. 1908 – James Miller, a Key...

1904 – James A. Waddell died at age 65. He was born in Canada and came to Key West in 1881 to work at the John White Bank. He served as...

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

1936 – Leonard Giovannoli, former biology instructor at the University of Florida, was placed in charge of the crawfish hatchery at the...

1924 – Boys with slingshots were becoming a menace in Key West. The boys were carelessly shooting at birds and were frequently...

1909 – Key Wester Herbie “Dutchy” Melbourne escaped from the Florida state penitentiary. Melbourne had killed Key West police officer...

1876 – A hurricane of minor intensity hit Key West with winds of 75 mph and slight damage to roofs and trees. 1901 – Key West city...

1908 – Mr. C.C. Allen, Socialist candidate for Congress, arrived in Key West for two days of campaigning. He spoke to large crowds about...

1907 – Monroe County Sheriff F.W. Knight received a telegram from Tampa stating former Key West City Clerk Joseph Curry had been...

1909 – Charles S. Johnson purchased property at the corner of Duval and Fleming streets, where he planned to construct a new concrete...

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,...

1909 – The Monroe County Commission approved a contract with E.T. Crittendon to install a sewer line running from the courthouse to the...