August 26
- Florida Keys History Center
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1861 – Mutineers from the Maine 2nd Regiment were ordered to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas “to perform fatigue services as the officers commanding may assign them, until they shall, by their future conduct, show themselves worthy to bear arms.”
1906 – The State Senator for the 24th district was W. Hunt Harris. The State Representative from Monroe County was C.L. Knowles.
1936 – To generate funds for maintenance, the Key West Aquarium began charging an admission fee. The price of entry was 15 cents for adults and five cents for children.
1953 – The Key West Citizen had been at every meeting of the City Commission for 34 years: When workmen removed a leather cover on the table used by commissioners, they found an issue of the Key West Citizen from November 24, 1919.
1972 – A condominium project named Cay West was planned for North Roosevelt Boulevard. The project was to have 520 units in building from 5 to 11 floors with the top floors to be developed with penthouse apartments. The units were to sell from $17,990 to $448,500.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Entrance to the Key West open-air aquarium at the end of Whitehead Street, 1930s. From the Otto Hirzel Scrapbook, DeWolfe and Wood Collection. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
