1836 – A turtling vessel was attacked at the west end of Key Largo by approximately 30 Seminole warriors. The master and crew of the...

1836 – Seminole warriors attacked the schooner Mary at Tavernier Key. Two of the five crewmen were shot, but all successfully escaped...

1839 – A midshipman and two privates belonging to the U.S. steamer Poinsett died at Key West of “brain fever.” 1862 – The yellow fever...

1830 – The brig Halcyon struck at the southwest end of Carysfort Reef, but eventually beat into deeper water with the loss of the false...

1899 – There were 23 new cases of yellow fever reported at Key West, for a total of 960. Certain segments of the Key West population...

1825 – The brig Hercules from Mobile was floated off the reef at Key Largo and taken to Key West. The wreckers were awarded a salvage...

1746 – The English privateer Fame was at the Florida Keys to procure wood and water when it was struck by a hurricane. To save the...

1895 – Wm. H. Williams, manager of the Key West Wrecking Company, returned from Cuba, where he had gone with a diver to salvage papers...

1862 – Rear-Admiral J.L. Gardiner, Commander of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, ordered the USS Dacotah to cruise an area ranging...

1926 – Monroe County Engineer Joseph Watkins and other officials went to Wood Key off the western Everglades in mainland Monroe to check...

Geo G. Brooks was a lawyer. 1847 – A ship’s boy rescued from the schooner St. Mary’s , wrecked at the Dry Tortugas, was discovered to...

A 1972 Key West Citizen story reports on the performance of a 'young Nashville folk gypsy' who had recently arrived on the island

1899 –The Key West yellow fever report showed 26 new cases and one death. 1918 – A “Liberty Loan” drive started in Key West with...

1851 – The brig Yucatan , wrecked while sailing from Trinidad de Cuba to New York, was condemned and sold at auction in Key West for...

1865 – Henry Johnson of the 2nd US Colored Troops, Company B, died at Key West and was buried in the Post Cemetery on White Street. 1909...

1894 – A hurricane that had traveled the length of Cuba passed over Key West where winds were clocked at 104 mph with slight damage. 1899...

1864 – Former Mayor John P. Baldwin died in Lake City, FL. He had served as Mayor of Key West from 1858 to May 1861 when all officials...

1864 – Commodore Cornelius Stribling was ordered to assume command of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron at Key West. 1907 – Regarding...

1854 – The brig L.W. Maxwell wrecked at Eastern Dry Rocks after having sprung a leak at sea. The vessel bilged and was full of water,...

1899 – Dr. J.Y. Porter reported that Key West had 45 new cases of yellow fever, bringing the total to 438. There were no recent deaths....