1915 – Fire destroyed the large cigar factory of E.H. Gato at the corner of Simonton and Virginia streets.

1859 – In a trial in Federal Court, Alejandro Carcer and Guillot Eloy of the American schooner Enterprise were convicted of the murder...

1893 – Jefferson B. Browne took over the office as Collector of Customs. He appointed P.T. Knight as deputy collector, P.E. Thompson as...

1839 – President Martin Van Buren recognized Joseph Beverly Browne as Consul for Texas at Key West. 1876 – St. James Missionary Baptist...

1622 – Three large galleons, along with other ships from Spain’s Tierra Firme fleet, were wrecked from the Marquesas Keys to the Dry...

1871 – The Santo Domingo Commission, including renowned African American statesman Frederick Douglass, arrived at Key West from Kingston...

1886 – Former lightkeeper at Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas and Inspector of Customs at Key West Benjamin H. Kerr killed himself...

Harris School in Key West, from the 1955-56 yearbook 1829 – Theodore Owens Esq., a two-year resident of Key West, was elected to...

The beach at Sadowski’s Key Motel at Key Colony Beach in February 1952. 1889 – The Florida Legislature granted a new charter to the...

The beach on the north side of the Army Barracks before Trumbo Point was built. 1900 – In a race on Key West’s Barracks Beach, a horse...

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

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

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

1871 – Frederick Douglass arrived in Key West on the USS Tennessee with other members of the Santo Domingo Commission. 1881 – A man...