An Aerovias Q DC-3 at Key West International Airport 1830 – It was announced that any vessels passing the Sand Key Lighthouse that...

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...

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

1826 – It was announced that the Light Ship at Carysfort Reef near Key Largo was soon to be lit. The vessel would “show two fixed...

1823 – Commodore David Porter ordered the U.S. flag raised over “Thompson’s Island” (Key West), and a battery was erected with eight...

1839 – Key West Superior Court judge Wm. Marvin awarded 10 percent of the value of the brig Black Hawk to the wreckers who salvaged it....

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

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

1853 – The case of the brig Cymbus , which had wrecked on the Western Dry Rocks, was heard in Federal Court. The vessel, sailing from...

1819 – It was reported that a small settlement had been established at Key West to engage in wrecking, though some suspected it was...

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

1847 – Congress approved $12,000 to build a new lighthouse at Key West, and another $20,00 to install a new screw-pile lighthouse at...

1890 – Workmen installed seats in the new First Baptist Church on Eaton Street. The original church was destroyed by the Great Fire of...

1851 – Professor and naturalist Louis Agassiz of Harvard University delivered a talk at Key West summarizing observations from his...

1848 – The new Key West Lighthouse on Whitehead Street was lighted for the first time. The lighthouse was built to replace the one...

1858 – During the night, 12 enslaved Key Westers escaped from the island by stealing the Sand Key lighthouse boat. It was thought they...

1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose a little after the sun. The Sloop-of-war Natchez went out this morning. I took a...