Island Chronicles

Archive of monthly Island Chronicles features by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian of the Florida Keys History Center:

Vol. 1, June 2023 – The Formation of Monroe County

Vol. 2, July 2023 – The Diary of Henry Patterson

Vol. 3, August 2023 – Dr. John Loomis Blodgett, Pioneering Botanist of the Florida Keys

Vol. 4, September 2023 – Caribbean Monk Seals in the Florida Keys

Vol. 5, October 2023 – Jimmy Buffett at Crazy Ophelia’s: The Dawning of Margaritaville

Vol. 6, November 2023 – Dr. Lemuel Walter Livingston: An Early Principal of Key West’s Douglass School, and the Island’s First Black Physician

Vol. 7, December 2023 – Across the Bridges and Over the Ties: A Pioneering Drive to Key West

Vol. 8, January 2024 – Jubilee: The 1863 Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation at Key West

Vol. 9, February 2024 – ‘Ready For Sea’: The Construction and Launching of the Schooner Western Union as Reported in the Key West Citizen

Vol. 10, March 2024 – ‘Time Is Not Enough For Me, I Need Eternity’: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Juana Borrero Pierra

Vol. 11, April 2024 – The Disaster of the 1733 Nueva España Flota (New Spain Fleet) as Reported in English Newspapers

Vol. 12, May 2024 – ‘Well, I have visited the Slaver’ – May H. Stacey’s Account of the Slave Ship Wildfire at Key West, 1860

Vol. 13, June 2024 – Miss Etta’s Coconut Cake

Vol. 14, July 2024 – Stranded at Sand Key: The Banishment of the Passengers of the Steamship Philadelphia, 1852

Vol. 15, August 2024 – Lifting a Locomotive: The Remarkable Salvage of the Brig Cimbrus, 1853

Vol. 16, September 2024 – A Break From Beatlemania: The Beatles at Key West, 1964

Vol. 17, October 2024 – Repeaters at Key West: Alleged Voter Fraud in the 1880 Presidential Election

Vol. 18, November 2024 – ‘From Some Imaginary Cause’: The Rampage of Irish Canal Workers at Key West in 1831

Vol. 19, December 2024 – A Description of Key West on Christmas Eve, 1873