The Post Office Inn at 321 Simonton Street in the 1960s. 1832 – John James Audubon arrived at Key West from the Dry Tortugas with...

Leonard “Mike” Warren at the snack bar at the Federal Building in Key West in 1977. 1825 – Yellow fever was prevalent at Key West. Of...

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

1854 – A letter from Key West stated that since the beginning of the year there had been 28 vessels wrecked upon the Florida Reef....

1853 – The steamer James L. Day arrived at Key West from New Orleans bringing with it the first mail shipment between the two ports....

1850 – Captain Joh Walker of the U.S. light ship at Sand Key reported on maritime traffic that passed his vessel during the month of...

The steamer Comel in Key West Harbor C 1890. Moffat’s Photo. 1865 – Word reached Key West about the death of President Abraham Lincoln...

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

1837 – Capt. Hiram Benner of the wrecking schooner United States reported at Indian Key that he had found a submerged, dismasted vessel...

1797 – The British ships from Nassau – Ranger , Primrose , and Elizabeth – were seized by Spanish privateers at Key West. The two...

1855 – The Northwest Channel Lighthouse was lighted for the first time. 1901 – Monroe County Sheriff Richard Hicks was in Tampa to...

1734 – The ship Charles , sailing from Jamaica to Bristol, was approached at the Florida Keys by a Spanish vessel, whose crew offered to...

1887 – The population of Key West was reported to be 17,000. 1900 – The Florida sponge fishery reached a peak when 189,661 kg of sponges...

1872 – Dr. Daniel Whitehurst died at the age of 65. A native of Virginia, he came to Key West in 1844 as post surgeon at Fort Jefferson....

1906 – Commander Beehler of Naval Station Key West reported the receipt at the wireless telegraph station of an eight-word message from...

1848 – The new Key West Lighthouse on Whitehead Street was lighted for the first time. 1902 – Some of Key West’s leading Black citizens...

1904 – The British steamer Sorle, sailing from Tampa to Europe with phosphate, ran aground near Rebecca Shoal. Wreckers refloated the...

1911 – The Key West Chamber of Commerce and the Key West Commercial Club, to more effectively promote the island’s businesses, voted to...

1861 – Captain Meigs reported to headquarters that he had installed a drawbridge and gate to Fort Taylor, both of which are closed every...

1861 – At Fort Independence in Boston Harbor, Major Lewis G. Arnold of the 2nd United States Artillery was ordered to “embark your...