September 30
1863 – Post returns from Fort Jefferson for September showed that 588 men were stationed at the Dry Tortugas, including 125 prisoners.
1976 – President Gerald Ford signed a military construction bill that included a provision to keep Naval Air Station Key West open. The station had been slated for closure or significant downsizing.
1986 – Ron Saunders was elected state representative for Monroe County in the Democratic primary, as there was no Republican opponent for a general election.
1986 – Pritam Singh, the new owner of Truman Annex in Key West, laid out his immediate plans for the property: to gather back the furnishings of the Little White House; find a way for existing tenants to remain in place; and establish a place for writers and artists to live and work.
1987 – The Key West City Commission approved the annexation of Tank Island (now Sunset Key).
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: The inside of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, ca. 1865. From the U.S. National Archives. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
