1857 – Key West was struck in multiple places during an intense lightning storm. The hospital at Fort Taylor was hit, and the north end...

1859 – For the second time in a week, the Aurora Borealis was visible at Key West “as bright and vivid as in the northern states.” 1899 ...

1850 – Two men were rescued from Matecumbe Key, after having been stranded there for five days. They were crewmen from the brig New...

1900 – The cigar business at Key West was booming. Every steamship arriving from Havana carried tobacco, and over 2,500 bales had been...

1850 – A report on maritime traffic for the month of July from the Sand Key lightship said that 15 ships, 12 barques, 11 brigs, and 1...

1872 – Key West was suffering a water famine from the shortage of rain. The situation was so bad that the commandant of Fort Taylor...

Johnson Sea-Link submarine, circa 1973 1909 – A large fire in Key West destroyed several businesses, and the Jefferson Hotel and Elks...

1884 – President Chester Arthur recommended to the Senate that Colonel Frank N. Wicker, the collector of customs at Key West, be removed...

1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose with the sun. After breakfast read Chitty and Bills and wrote to Father and Sister...

1939 – The Navy Department announced that the long unused Key West Naval Station would re-open on November 1. The station was used to...

1877 – The following were winners in the Key West city election: L.W. Bethel, mayor; Peter T. Knight, clerk; Richard C. Roberts,...

1846 – The Great Hurricane of 1846 struck Key West and by noon, full hurricane winds were blowing with a storm surge of over seven feet....