October 14
- Florida Keys History Center
- Oct 13
- 2 min read
1890 – Stephen R. Mallory, Democratic congressional nominee for the first district of Florida, arrived at Key West on the steamer Olivette. Mallory was serenaded by the Young Men’s Cornet Band before speaking before a large audience.
1939 – The Navy Department announced that the long unused Key West Naval Station would re-open on November 1. The station was used to support ships engaged in neutrality patrols of the Atlantic and Caribbean.
1960 – Monroe County was second place in the state for the highest percentage of homes with television sets: Of 16,400 residences, 90 percent had TVs. Broward County led with 91 percent.
1975 – State officials and the Southernmost Humane Society removed five horses from the Double R Ranch on Sugarloaf Key after receiving a tip that the animals were being neglected. The horses, which were malnourished and had saddle sores, were transferred to a facility that offered better care.
1978 – Indian Key, which was the first county seat of Dade County, but now part of Monroe County, was dedicated as a state park.
2015 – Developer Pritam Singh was planning to build dockage and delineate a taxiway for four seaplanes in Safe Harbor on Stock Island. Singh hoped two planes would service the Dry Tortugas, and another two would offer flights to Havana.
2023 – Beloved Monroe County Historian Emeritus Tom Hambright died at the age of 85, after a brief illness. Hambright was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and former curator for the Key West Art & Historical Society. Most notably, though, he served for over 35 years as historian for the Florida Keys History Center at the Monroe County Public Library in Key West.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Pete Cavanagh's Radio & TV Service at 3000 Overseas Highway Marathon, ca. 1960. Photo from Erma Stout's scrapbook. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
