1936 – Norberg Thompson’s Overseas Transportation Company was awarded a contract to truck mail to and from Key West on an everyday basis, providing the island with daily mail service.

1986 – Monroe County Commissioners wanted to get rid of the Boot Key Bridge, which cost taxpayers thousands of dollars a year to maintain and operate, just so vehicles could access a radio station and trap factory on the otherwise empty island. The bridge tender testified that the bridge had to be opened for boat traffic 1429 times over the previous two months.

1946 – Records of the Key West Housing Authority showed that between August 17, 1942, and Sept. 30, 1945, one million sandwiches and three-quarters of a million meals were prepared by the KWHA in the Gato Cafeteria on Simonton Street. A total of 6,000 war workers were housed in the dormitory there during the period.

1911 – Norberg Thomson began construction of a concrete building that would house his cigar box factory on Caroline Street in Key West. The wooden boxes would be used by the local cigar manufactories.