1901 – The Diebold Safe and Lock Company was installing a large vault in the County House for the use as an armory and for the Clerk of...

1914 – A new chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was formed at the home of Mrs. Adele Kirkland at the corner of White and...

1836 – The lighthouse staff at Sand Key reported the small island 10 miles distant from Key West was being swarmed by an “innumerable...

1912 – Over 300 Key West property owners attended the City Council meeting to protest the new tax assessments, which they complained...

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,...

1909 – The Monroe County Commission approved a contract with E.T. Crittendon to install a sewer line running from the courthouse to the...

1908 – Harry Goodson, butcher at Key West’s Palace Market, broke his leg in a bicycle accident that occurred as he tried to avoid a...

1894 – A hurricane that had traveled the length of Cuba passed over Key West, where winds were clocked at 104 mph. Only slight damage...

1857 – After three months of heavy rains, the salt crop at Key West had nearly failed. Salt manufacturers had managed to safely put away...

1908 – Recordings of speeches by presidential candidates Wm. H. Taft and Wm. J. Bryan could be heard at Stowers Music House on Duval...

1908 – Monroe County Sheriff Frank Knight took a steamer to Tampa with prisoner “Hobo Joe” under his charge. Joe had been sentenced to...

1913 – Joseph R. Stirrup accepted the position of assistant foreman at the Cortez Cigar Company in Key West. Stirrup was in the race to...

1901 – St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Duval Street was destroyed by fire, though a large part of the church’s valuables...

1832 – A vessel was purchased by the residents of Key West, converted into a hospital, and moored about a mile from the city. Though...

1853 – John Bartlum was building a 100-ton pilot boat in Key West for the Browne & Curry company. Only South Florida woods were being...

1902 – A shark measuring 15 feet was caught from Curry’s Wharf near the harbor end of Simonton Street. 1915 – Alfred Atchinson, Denham...

1915 – With improved firefighting apparatus and increased efficiency by the Key West Fire Department, insurance rates were dropped on...

1836 – After having been on station for two months to protect Indian Key from Seminole attack, the Revenue Cutter Dexter left the...

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

1828 – The lighthouses at Key West, Sand Key, and the Dry Tortugas were low on oil and could make only “a very indifferent light.” It...