1855 – Northwest Channel Lighthouse was first lighted. 1907 – Sir William Gray Wilson, Governor of The Bahamas, was in Key West as the...

1830 – A report on deaths at Key West since April 1, 1829 revealed multiple causes: yellow fever, 18; worm fever, 1; visceral...

1853 – U.S. Vice-President William R. King arrived at Key West on the steamer Fulton with hope of recuperating from illness in the...

1806 – The schooner Sea Flower , sailing from Havana to New York, wrecked “a little northward of Key Largo.” The crew and cargo were...

1891 – An arsonist attempted to burn the Olivia Street property of Robert K. Fulford by igniting kerosene-soaked rags and wood shavings...

1842 – The U.S. mail packet boat Hayne advertised passage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Indian Key for $20, Key West for $25, and...

1836 – The U.S. schooner Motto arrived at Key West from Cape Florida and reported that 40 Seminole fighters had attacked and burned the...

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