Florida Gov. Leroy Collins arrives at the airport in Key West. 1878 – Fowey Rocks Lighthouse was first lighted. 1897 – The schooner...

In July of 1823, the Legislative Council of Florida established the territory's seventh county, Monroe.

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Roth at the old jail in downtown Key West 1906 – Work commenced on the new Triumph Coffee Mill building on a...

Former President Harry Truman and Admiral Lloyd M. Mustin in front of Naval Headquarters in 1960. 1884 – Forty-year-old Carlos Recio...

The Submarine R-12, which sank off Key West in 1943 1823 – Commodore David Porter, on board the U.S. Steamer Sea Gull at Key West,...

Harris School in Key West, from the 1955-56 yearbook 1829 – Theodore Owens Esq., a two-year resident of Key West, was elected to...

Sally Rand teaching dance at the Casa Marina in Key West, circa 1950. 1858 – An attempt to erect an iron beacon at Rebecca Shoal was...

Fort Taylor under construction. 1840 – The lightship stationed at Carysfort Reef near Key Largo arrived at Key West for extensive...

1825 – An officer on board the USS John Adams at Key West wrote that an especially malignant yellow fever was rampant at the island,...

Robert Spottswood (kneeling on left) with a fishing party. Photo appeared in the New York Journal on Dec. 15, 1934 1823 – The U.S. Navy...

A fourth grade class at May Sands School, 1956-57 1816 – The ship General Pike was driven onto the reef near Key Largo during a gale,...

1887 – Key West had two cases of yellow fever in a recent outbreak. Authorities were urging those who were not acclimated to the island...

The Western Union, circa 1960 1921 – A.B. Solomon was arrested at Key West on a charge of grand larceny stemming from a scam he pulled...

A Key West barbershop, circa 1964 1851 – Captain Hansen of the brig Sprightly was killed when an iron plate he was unloading for the...

McCrorys on Duval Street in 1953 1909 – The schooner Edward W. Mudock arrived from Rockport, Maine with the last shipment of stone for...

The North Beach Inn on Eisenhower Drive in Key West 1861 – The Army issued General Order #49 that directed that no soldier, sailor or...

The beach at Sadowski’s Key Motel at Key Colony Beach in February 1952. 1889 – The Florida Legislature granted a new charter to the...

A trolley on a dirt street in Key West circa 1900 1830 – The brig Mary , sailing from New Orleans to New York with 180 hogsheads of...

Sigsbee Park housing under construction, circa 1960 1828 – Congress passed a bill establishing a territorial or federal court at Key...

Local author David Sloan donated a remarkable collection of letters from a Union officer stationed in Key West during the Civil War.