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Star Key West High School athletes Boog Powell (L) and Sam Holland (R) with Coach Harold Allen (C) on December 10, 1957.

1889 – The Florida Legislature granted a new charter to the city of Key West that placed the entire island within city limits.

1926 – The subscription price of the Key West Citizen delivered by carrier in the in the city of Key West was raised from 15 cents to 20 cents a week.

1950 – The U.S. Census of 1950 shows the population of Monroe County was 29,957, of whom 26,433 lived in Key West.

1958 – Boog Powell was the leading hitter for the Key West High School varsity baseball team. Across the ’58 season, Powell had 27 hits in 64 at bats for a .415 average, along with 21 RBIs.

2006 – A planning document called the Key Largo Livable CommuniKeys Program laid out a vision for “casual village style” development on the largest island of the Keys. It outlined the growth of three commercial zones: “Downtown” (MM 99-100), Tradewinds Plaza (MM101.4), and the area around MM 102.

2011 – The developer of a dinosaur theme park was moving forward with a proposal to install 100-150 life-size fiberglass dinosaur replicas in Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park. Despite promises of increased tourism and a boost to the economy, area residents generally opposed the plan.

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Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.

Image: Star Key West High School athletes Boog Powell (L) and Sam Holland (R) with Coach Harold Allen (C) on December 10, 1957. Photo by Don Pinder. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.