1841 – The schooner Columbia , sailing from Boston to Mobile, wrecked at Mangrove Key, 9 miles from Key West. The passengers and cargo...

1839 – A midshipman and two privates belonging to the U.S. steamer Poinsett died at Key West of “brain fever.” 1862 – The yellow fever...

1862 – Rear-Admiral J.L. Gardiner, Commander of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, ordered the USS Dacotah to cruise an area ranging...

1926 – Monroe County Engineer Joseph Watkins and other officials went to Wood Key off the western Everglades in mainland Monroe to check...

1851 – The brig Yucatan , wrecked while sailing from Trinidad de Cuba to New York, was condemned and sold at auction in Key West for...

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....

1867 – The recovered cargo of the steamer George Cromwell , wrecked off Indian Key, was appraised at $40,000 and the vessel at $50,000,...

1853 – W.C. Dennis, proprietor of the Key West salt works, reported that because of an exceptionally dry summer, a bounteous crop of...

1898 – News arrived from the small community of Planter on Key Largo that the schooner Belle sailing from Indian River was caught in a...

1825 – Solomon Snyder, a New York native, resident of Key Vaca, and Spanish Vice Consul for Florida, died at Indian Key. 1878 – A...

1862 – During the month of August there were 150 cases of yellow fever reported by the Army in Key West. The deaths from fever totaled...

1858 – Philip J. Fontaine, grocer and ship chandler, died at age 50. He had served three terms as Mayor of Key West. 1864 – John...

1867 – The first official telegraphic messages were sent between Key West and Cuba. Key West Mayor E. O. Gwynn wrote to Cuban...

1867 – The new submarine telegraph cable running between Key West and Havana was successfully spliced and was working well. 1921 – The...

1860 – The U.S. Navy steamer Crusader captured an unnamed brig outfitted for the slave trade off the coast of Cuba and took it to Key...

1824 – The brig Amelia arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans, minus the captain and first mate. The men had died at the Florida Keys...

1828 – The French brig Vigilant wrecked off Key Vaca carrying $32,000 in specie, as well as other cargo. Capt. Jacob Housman and other...

1823 – Commodore David Porter of the U.S. Navy’s anti-piracy squadron was ill at Key West with yellow fever. Though there was hope for...

1840 – Seminole warriors attacked and burned the settlement on Indian Key. The settlement had been founded by Jacob Housman and was the...

1887 – William Cooper was publicly hanged on the grounds of the Key West jail for the murders of Liverpool Bain and George Hudson and...