1819 – The ship Jupiter of London wrecked on Matecumbe Reef. Bahamian wreckers were able to remove cargo and refloat the ship before...

1919 – The city council of Havana voted to donate a stage curtain for the new San Carlos Institute building at Key West.

1862 – During the month of August there were 150 cases of yellow fever reported by the Army in Key West. The deaths from fever totaled...

1858 – Philip J. Fontaine, grocer and ship chandler, died at age 50. He had served three terms as Mayor of Key West. 1864 – John...

1850 – Two men were rescued from Matecumbe Key, after having been stranded there for five days. They were crewmen from the brig New...

1900 – The cigar business at Key West was booming. Every steamship arriving from Havana carried tobacco, and over 2,500 bales had been...

1841 – The salvaged cargo of the barque Henry Wooley , composed largely of coffee, was sold at Key West for $12,000. 1885 – A...

1857 – A letter from Key West said, “A large amount of rain has fallen this month, and we are flooded with water. Mosquitoes are on the...

1850 – A report on maritime traffic for the month of July from the Sand Key lightship said that 15 ships, 12 barques, 11 brigs, and 1...

1904 – Robert Gabriel was elected president of the Roosevelt and Fairbanks Republican Club. 1933 – Pay for workers of the Emergency...

1905 – The cornerstone of the National Bank building at the corners of Duval and Front streets was laid. John T. Sawyer, one of the...

1867 – The first official telegraphic messages were sent between Key West and Cuba. Key West Mayor E. O. Gwynn wrote to Cuban...

1851 – A gale commenced at Key West and blew for 30 hours. There was no damage to buildings or ships. 1869 – The bark Washington ,...

1835 – Wreckers arrived with a portion of the cargo from the schooner United States , wrecked August 7 near the New River on the...

1867 – The new submarine telegraph cable running between Key West and Havana was successfully spliced and was working well. 1921 – The...

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett came to the Keys as a physician - but left his mark by collecting plants that are still in many herbaria.

1856 – The clipper ship Stephen R. Mallory was launched at Key West for the firm of Bowne and Curry. Shipbuilder John Bartlum used only...

1739 – Capt. Samuel Crow, sailing from Honduras to Rhode Island, saw a wreck at the Dry Tortugas. He drew closer to it and saw a plank...

1861 – A violent storm struck the Florida Keys, and many ships were wrecked from Key West to Key Largo. The British bark Argentine ,...

1860 – The U.S. Navy steamer Crusader captured an unnamed brig outfitted for the slave trade off the coast of Cuba and took it to Key...