1991 – The Key West City Commission backed down from renaming DuPont Lane for local businessman David Wolkowsky when they learned the original designation recognized Charles DuPont, the first Black man elected sheriff in Monroe County, and not the family of DuPont Chemical fame. Sheriff DuPont had lived at 725 Duval St., in front of the lane.

2010 – After multiple chicken poisonings in Key West and Stock Island over previous days, Lower Keys wildlife organizations were worried about not only the brazenly illegal acts, but also the effects that poisoned feed and tainted carcasses would have on other animals.