Treasure Salvors ship sunk at the dock in 1980. 1819 – The brig Rising Sun , sailing from Havana, was boarded by pirates near the...

K-T Motors in Key West, circa 1965 1898 – Sgt. Charles W. Richards, Battery B, 1st Artillery, was on night watch at Fort Taylor when he...

The dredge at work in Key West Harbor in 1966. 1888 – A carrier pigeon message service was established by the signal office at Key...

Alexander Patterson 1803 – Two vessels from Havana and bound for Port Au Prince were stranded on the reef at Key Largo. One was...

Valladares & Son newsstand, 1200 Fleming St., Key West 1829 – Charles Hawkins shot William A. McRea, as he walked on Whitehead Street,...

The beach on the north side of the Army Barracks before Trumbo Point was built. 1900 – In a race on Key West’s Barracks Beach, a horse...

Key West Mayor Kermit Lewin cuts the ribbon at the premiere of the film “Escape from Hell Island.” 1890 – George Hudson was named Key...

Guests at the opening of the Lighthouse Military Museum in Key West in 1966. 1850 – The steamer Creole , carrying General Narciso Lopez...

The Elks Club, 313 Duval St. 1835 – The barque Jean Key , sailing from Havana to Antwerp, wrecked on Conch Reef with 1,812 boxes of...

A Monroe County Jail cell in Key West, circa 1970. 1730 – The Birch Galley , sailing from Jamaica to Bristol, was boarded by the crew...

Agustin Parla’s plane over Morro Castle in 1913. 1865 – Confederate scientific advisor Richard Sears McCulloh was captured at Cape...

Shorty’s Diner, circa 1980 1845 – Wreckers were at work salvaging the cargo of the ship Rizeni , aground on the reef near Rodriguez...

Aviator Domingo Rosillo, sitting in the back of the car next to the flag. 1836 – The remaining men of the company once under the...

The Post Office Inn at 321 Simonton Street in the 1960s. 1832 – John James Audubon arrived at Key West from the Dry Tortugas with...

Postcard of a house at 400 South St., Key West 1861 – Rains had fallen at Key West allowing Capt. E.B. Hunt of the U.S. Army Corps of...

Leonard “Mike” Warren at the snack bar at the Federal Building in Key West in 1977. 1825 – Yellow fever was prevalent at Key West. Of...

Norma Kula, retired Director of the Monroe County Public Library, passed away in 2023.

1823 – The U.S. Navy schooners Weasel and Fox , accompanied by two barges, left Key West for a cruise against piracy around Cuba. 1860 ...

The lounge in the WAVE barracks at the Army Barracks Key West on June 3, 1945. U.S. Navy Photo from the Wright Langley Collection. 1905...

Sombrero Beach sales office in 1966. 1823 – There had been no rain at Key Vaca (Marathon) for many weeks and vegetation there was in a...