1884 – There were 645,000 cigars, 14 bales of sponge, and 112 hides shipped from Key West to New York over the previous week. 1904 –...

1908 – There was a scarcity of gasoline in Key West after the schooner Wave burned in Tampa 10 days earlier. While Capt. George Wish...

1890 – Commander J.H. Winn, Commander Naval Base Key West, moved into the newly built commandant’s quarters (now known as the Little...

1906 – Over nine inches of rain had fallen in 48 hours, flooding the lower parts of Key West. The water at the corner of Southard and...

1912 – While driving a Key West Gas Company truck down Fleming Street, Maitland Knowles was struck in the eye by a rock thrown by a boy,...

1950 – Thousands of fish were found in Key West streets after a heavy rain. Most of the fish were along Caroline Street between William...

1884 – William Whitehead died in New Jersey at the age of 74. He had come to Key West with his brother John, who owned a quarter...

1815 – Juan Pablo Salas, a Spanish Royal Artillery Officer stationed in St. Augustine, was granted the island of Cayo Hueso by don Juan...

1859 – A kitchen fire, “no doubt the result of carelessness,” broke out in the early morning in a building at the corner of Front and...

1844 – The brig Alwilda , sailing from Cuba to New York with a cargo of mahogany and palm leaves, had wrecked on Alligator Reef near...

1890 – The first brick of the new Monroe County Courthouse was laid. Beverly B. Whalton, chairman of the county commission, spoke for...

1861 – President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeus corpus at Key West and the Dry Tortugas. Any person considered dangerous...

1898 – The Army took over the Cuban telegraph cable from Western Union. Telegraph Superintendent M.L. Hellings was commissioned as...

1829 – It was proposed to establish a Temperance Society at Key West. 1950 – Rough seas from a cold front forced all 250 boats of the...

1856 – The sounds of artillery fired at Havana were heard throughout Key West. A witness elaborated on the phenomenon, “It is not the...

1836 – Key West experienced “the coldest night ever known” when the temperature dropped to 44 degrees. 1839 – Mail service to Key West...

1835 – An intense, 10-minute squall struck Key West from the northwest, “with greater force than had been felt here for many years.” A...

1891 – The Key West City Commission passed an ordinance prohibiting the killing or trapping of any songbird. 1886 – Key West...

1829 – The four owners of the Island of Key West – John Simonton, Pardon Greene, John Whitehead and John Fleming – signed an agreement...

1839 – The barque Mary Ballard , sailing from Boston to New Orleans with a cargo of ice and salt fish, wrecked on Carysfort Reef. The...