October 22
1953 – The Monroe County Health Unit reported the 54th case of polio case of the year, with five deaths.
1957 – Admiral Francis D. McCorkle reported that the Navy had a total of 11,776 military and civilian workers on the payroll in Key West, plus an additional 8,243 dependents living in the area.
1974 – The E.K. Corporation began filming “92 in the Shade” based on Thomas McGuane’s book. The movie, set in Key West and filmed there and on Stock Island, starred Peter Fonda.
1976 – After determining that no federal agency had a use for the property, the General Services Administration declared the vacant Little White House at Key West’s Truman Annex to be surplus. It was hoped the historic building would be utilized as a museum.
1991 – The Key West City Commission backed down from renaming DuPont Lane for local businessman David Wolkowsky when they learned the original designation recognized Charles DuPont, the first Black man elected sheriff in Monroe County, and not the family of DuPont Chemical fame. Sheriff DuPont had lived at 725 Duval St., in front of the lane.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: 725 Duval Street, ca. 1965. The building was razed in December 1967. Photo from the Monroe County Property Appraiser's office. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
