Today in Keys History – February 22, 2024
- Keys History Center
- Feb 21, 2024
- 2 min read
1834 – A proposal for a newspaper to be called the Key West Sentinel said, “Original essays on local subjects will be thankfully received, particularly information relative to the concerns of the Island and District. Its political complexion will be entirely neutral.” Subscriptions would be $5 per year.
1921 – The yacht Genesee, owned by W.K. Vanderbilt of New York City, was seized at Key West after arriving there from Havana with $1,800 of smuggled liquor aboard. This was the first seizure of its kind by federal officials since the prohibition of liquor became U.S. law.
1936 – Pirates Cove Fishing Camp on Sugarloaf Key reported that all its accommodations were booked.
1947 – Key Westers Abe R. Wolkoff and Max Herman bought the red brick warehouse at Greene and Simonton streets from the Wm. Curry & Sons Company for $21,000. The building had once been used to store tobacco for the island’s cigar industry.
1949 – Work of rebuilding and redecorating of the Little White House used by President Truman was competed. The work cost about $60,000.
1967 – Fausto’s Food Palace in Key West reopened in a brand-new building after its previous Fleming Street store was destroyed by fire in August of 1966.
2010 – The U.S. courthouse on Simonton Street in Key West was renamed in honor of the late federal judge Sidney M. Aronovitz.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Fausto’s Food Palace, 1968; 522 Fleming St.; Sqr 50, Pt Lot 2. Photo taken by the Property Appraiser’s office. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
