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1840 – Seminole warriors attacked and burned the settlement on Indian Key, an island community founded by Jacob Housman as a rival...

1884 – Walter C. Maloney died in Key West at age of 71. He was a lawyer and had served in the state legislature from Monroe County and...

1910 – The Key West Weather Bureau’s meteorological summary for July showed that the maximum temperature for the month was 90.81...

1911 – The average temperature for July was 83 degrees. The highest temperature was 90 degrees on the 26th, and the lowest was 72...

1845 – Joseph C. Whalton was named Postmaster of Key West. 1906 – The first installment of railroad iron and switches for the Florida...

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

1832 – Since January 1st, there had been eight deaths in Key West. Of adults, there were two drownings, two died of tuberculosis, and...

1862 – To combat a growing yellow fever outbreak, orders were issued that all streets and public grounds were to be kept clean and free...

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...

1907 – Two laborers working on the Florida East Coast railroad died after drinking illicit liquor purchased from itinerant bootleggers...

1864 – Yellow fever continued to rage at Key West and the Dry Tortugas, particularly amongst the military men. “We now have some...

1864 – Admiral Theodorus Bailey, flag officer commanding the East Gulf Blockading Squadron at Key West, wrote: “My worst fears have been...

1856 – The U.S. sloop-of-war Cyane arrived at Key West from Aspinwall, intending to stay for weeks. That intention was abandoned when...

1863 – In a ceremony at Clinton Place in Key West, the local citizenry presented a $750 gold sword to Colonel Tilghman H. Good,...

1865 – Dr. Samuel Mudd, Edward Spangler, Michael O’Laughlen, and Samuel Arnold – all convicted as conspirators in the assassination of...

1859 – The California steamship Moses Taylor arrived at Key West from Aspinwall with over 700 passengers and $2.14 million in gold. The...

1853 – The bark Robert Morris , sailing from Cienfuegos to Philadelphia, wrecked at Pelican Shoal after everyone on board was stricken...

1856 – A sailor admitted to the Key West Marine Hospital three weeks earlier for tuberculosis supposedly died of yellow fever contracted...

1953 – A tentative “Master Plan” for Key West was unveiled at the City Commission meeting. 1954 – John P. Goggin was named Marathon’s...