The North Beach Inn on Eisenhower Drive in Key West 1861 – The Army issued General Order #49 that directed that no soldier, sailor or...

Valladares & Son newsstand, 1200 Fleming St., Key West 1829 – Charles Hawkins shot William A. McRea, as he walked on Whitehead Street,...

Guests at the opening of the Lighthouse Military Museum in Key West in 1966. 1850 – The steamer Creole , carrying General Narciso Lopez...

Aviator Domingo Rosillo, sitting in the back of the car next to the flag. 1836 – The remaining men of the company once under the...

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

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

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

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

1832 – John James Audubon left from Charleston on board the Revenue Cutter Marion , bound for the Florida Keys. 1917 – Fire destroyed...

1833 – Cholera was rampant at Key West, and people were fleeing the island. A correspondent wrote ”all the garrison except one officer...

1886 – Still reeling from the devastating March 30 fire, the Relief Committee of Key West issued a plea to the nation, saying, “A large...

1812 – The schooner Olive , sailing from Boston to Havana, was wrecked in a gale at Key Largo. Wreckers from Nassau saved much of the...

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

1866 – Ex-Confederate Army Major Lansford Hastings, leading a group of 34 southerners fleeing northern reconstruction, stopped at Key...

1513 – Ponce de Leon sighted the Florida Keys and became the first European to land in what is now called Florida. 1898 – Eight bodies...

1839 – The brig Arabian , sailing from Charleston to New Orleans, went ashore at the Tortugas with a cargo of rice, beans, and an untold...

1909 – A man died of leprosy in a house on Virginia Street. The house and all contents were destroyed by fire under the direction of...

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

1908 – Rodef Shalom Synagogue on the corner of Southard and Simonton Streets was dedicated. 1923 – A large catch of 20,000 pounds of...

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