1898 – The Monroe County Public Schools opened for the year with 1,227 students. 1910 – The remains of General Francisco Vicente...

1901 – The Diebold Safe and Lock Company was installing a large vault in the County House for the use as an armory and for the Clerk of...

1909 – Louis Mouton, proprietor of A. Granday & Company, manufacturer of green turtle soup, died in Key West. 1951 – Pauline Hemingway...

1952 – In a special election, the voters approved a dog track on Stock Island, which the backers planned to open in February, 1953. 1958...

1918 – A liberty boat returning to the USS Salem overturned and 18 men drowned. Eight of the bodies were recovered and buried in the...

1929 – A Category 3 hurricane passed over Key Largo. The lowest barometer reading recorded in the Keys was 27.99. Damage was slight...

1951 – Allen B. Cleare, a native of Harbour Island in the Bahamas, died in Key West at age 77. He had served on the Key West City...

Box factory on Caroline Street in the 1920s 1906 – John Lowe, Jr. had wholesale and retail lumber, groceries, ship chandlery and marine...

Houseboat Row in Key West after Hurricane Georges in 1998. 1894 – A hurricane that had traveled the length of Cuba passed over Key...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Tuesday, September 24th Light variable...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Monday, September 23rd Light Winds with...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Sunday, Sept. 22nd No material event,...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Saturday, September 21st Standing by the...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Friday, September 20th No important...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Thursday, September 19th At 7 P.M. being...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Wednesday, September 18th Wind from the...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Tuesday, September 17th Wind still...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Monday, September 16th The Wind is...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Sunday, Sept. 15th Fresh steady Breezes...

1822 – Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks, Saturday, September 14th No important...