1956 – The Florida Internal Improvement Board turned down the City of Key West’s request for an 11.48-acre site at the foot of Whitehead Street for the establishment of a recreation area. The city wanted to turn the area into a beach that would be connected to the island by an extension of Whitehead Street.

1949 – Fausto’s Food Palace, a new, “ultra-modern” store, opened at 522 Fleming Street.

1941 – Eight female students at Key West High School formed a carpentry class – the first of their sex to do so.

1939 – Construction of the cable schooner Western Union was progressing rapidly.