November 12
1898 – Battery B, 1st U.S. Army Artillery, with 2 officers and 121 men, arrived at the Key West Barracks from Hilton Head, SC.
1926 – The British auxiliary schooner Fannie E. Prescott, which had been captured by the Coast Guard a year earlier near Sombrero Key Lighthouse with a large quantity of illegal beer and wine onboard, was ordered to be returned to its owner in Nassau.
1946 – The Key West Yacht Club, which had been operating only minimally during the war and after, elected new officers who promised renewed activity, including yacht races and social events.
1964 – The Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to support construction of a road from mainland Florida to Big Pine Key. The group planned to enact a “sales program” to encourage support for the idea in other parts of the county, especially the Upper Keys where many business owners opposed the plan.
1996 – Key West native and aviation pioneer Steven F. Whalton died on his 96th birthday. He was the third employee of Pan American World Airways.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: A chart with proposed highways and bridges from Big Pine Key to Cape Sable and from North Key Largo to Miami. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
