Louise Maloney Hospital, 532 Fleming St., Key West 1830 – Norman Sherwood killed John Wilson in a fight in a grog shop on Front Street,...

1595 – A Spanish survey team from Havana reconnoitered the “Bay of Cuchaiga” (Key West Harbor) located at latitude 24° 25′ N, noting...

Key West Police Officer Clarence Till’s widow and children at his gravesite in Key West Cemetery 1823 – Monroe County, the sixth county...

Collecting Conch and sea urchins in the 1970s. 1842 – The barque Alasco , sailing from Havana to St. Petersburg, ran ashore at Conch...

Key West Electric city bus at the corner of Fleming and Margaret streets 1858 – The Fort Jefferson Lighthouse was first lighted. 1920 ...

Abe Sawyer, circa 1900 1823 – A hospital, Marine barracks, and two public storehouses had been completed at Thompson’s Island [Key...

Peacon grocery store on Fleming Street, Key West 1767 – The brig Apollo , sailing from Honduras, was wrecked at Key Largo, the vessel...

1852 – The steamer Philadelphia arrived at Key West with many passengers sick with cholera. No one was allowed on the island, and...

The Welters Cornet Band in Key West, circa 1920 1820 – A Cuban pirate ship plundered the schooners Mary McKay and Primrose off...

William Weech American Legion Post #168 at 803 Emma St. in Key West 1837 – Captain John Whalton of the lightship Florida , stationed at...

The musical ‘Cayo Hueso ’76’ at the Waterfront Playhouse in Key West 1826 – A letter written at Indian Key said “the musketoes are so...

1897 – Key Wester Sylvanus Johnson was charged with rape. During the justice of the peace hearing when he was ordered held without bond,...

Wickers Field, circa 1970 1859 – The California steamship Moses Taylor arrived at Key West from Aspinwall, Panama, with 700 passengers...

Douglass High School, circa 1963 1924 – A party of Key Westers returning from Dog Rocks in the Bahamas released four dozen whelks near...

Munson Island (Little Palm Island) circa 1920s 1513 – Ponce de Leon named the islands at the western end of the Florida Keys Los...

An Aerovias Q DC-3 at Key West International Airport 1830 – It was announced that any vessels passing the Sand Key Lighthouse that...

The steamship Bosiljka 1865 – The bark Adventure arrived in Key West with four of her crew sick with yellow fever. The fever spread to...

1872 – Key West was suffering a water famine from the shortage of rain. The situation was so bad that the commandant of Fort Taylor...

Johnson Sea-Link submarine, circa 1973 1909 – A large fire in Key West destroyed several businesses, and the Jefferson Hotel and Elks...

K-T Motors at 1111 Eaton St., Key West, in 1969 1841 – The schooner Walter M. arrived at Key West from the Indian River with 16...