The beach on the north side of the Army Barracks before Trumbo Point was built. 1900 – In a race on Key West’s Barracks Beach, a horse...

Agustin Parla’s plane over Morro Castle in 1913. 1865 – Confederate scientific advisor Richard Sears McCulloh was captured at Cape...

Shorty’s Diner, circa 1980 1845 – Wreckers were at work salvaging the cargo of the ship Rizeni , aground on the reef near Rodriguez...

Postcard of a house at 400 South St., Key West 1861 – Rains had fallen at Key West allowing Capt. E.B. Hunt of the U.S. Army Corps of...

The lounge in the WAVE barracks at the Army Barracks Key West on June 3, 1945. U.S. Navy Photo from the Wright Langley Collection. 1905...

Sombrero Beach sales office in 1966. 1823 – There had been no rain at Key Vaca (Marathon) for many weeks and vegetation there was in a...

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

1822 – Congress established Key West as a Port of Entry and Joel Yancy was appointed the first Collector of Customs. 1832 – The U.S....

1856 – No rain had fallen at Key West for two months, and cistern water was rapidly diminishing. The dry weather was promising for a...

1831 – Deputy Marshall P.B. Prior returned to Key West from Port Charlotte (then a part of Monroe County) with J.O. Caldes, who was...

1893 – Cuban revolutionary leader Jose Marti arrived in Key West from Tampa. Nearly every Cuban-occupied building and residence was...

1895 – A bill was introduced in the Florida Senate authorizing Monroe County to issue $500,000 in bonds to build a highway from Key West...

1898 – The USS Panther arrived in Key West with a Marine Corps battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Huntington....

1905 – The Key West schooners Magnolia , Island Home , Rowena , Ruth , Reliance , and Mount Vernon returned after having worked on the...

1833 – Dr. B.B. Strobel and D.C. Pinkham fought a duel in which Pinkham was shot in the chest and died. Strobel left for his former home...

1848 – At a meeting of the Key West Whigs, all were in support of Zachary Taylor. They also voted to approve Representative Edward C....

1836 – Accounts from Indian Key reached Tallahassee that residents on the island were fearful of an attack by the Seminoles. Two Native...

1851 – The steamer J.W. Rabun , sailing from Savannah to Mobile, ran aground on Big Conch Reef, but after several days the crew freed...

1924 – The price of Key Largo land was on the rise, with oceanfront lots sometimes exceeding $200 an acre. Many landowners, though, were...

1832 – It was reported that Cuban fishermen at Key West had caught a thief and hung him from their mast without judge or jury....