1901 – The population of Monroe County by the 1900 census was 18,066, with 17,114 in the city of Key West, and the remainder of 364 in the Key Largo district, 216 in the Matecumbe district and 282 in the Chokoloskee district.
1907 – Amelia P. Baldwin, one of the first female residents of Key West, died at age 87. Baldwin was born in St. Augustine in 1820 and had come to the island with her parents as a small child.
1938 – Colonel Fulgencio Batista, Chief of the Cuban Army, spoke at the San Carlos and laid a wreath at the Battleship Maine Plot in the cemetery.
1949 – The presidential yacht USS Williamsburg arrived at Key West in preparation for President Truman’s upcoming vacation.
1964 – On average, Monroe County families were carrying $905 of consumer debt for cars, furniture, household goods, etc.
1978 – The short film “The Key West Picture Show” was awarded three medals at the Greater Miami International Film Festival.
1999 – The Maggie Atwell House was moved from Big Pine Key to the Flagler Station Railroad Museum on Caroline Street in Key West. The house was built in 1905 as the home for a section boss working on the Overseas Railway.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: President Truman’s yacht Williamsburg at Naval Station Key West. The Heritage House Collection, donated by the Campbell, Poirier, and Pound families. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.