2010 – After having had the lowest census participation rate in Florida in 2000, Monroe County had the highest for 2010.

1970 – The USS Quillback (SS 525) was open to the public for tours at Naval Station Key West’s Pier 1.

1930 – After having explored a change in routes, the Mallory Steamship company announced that existing service would remain.

1958 – Billy Watkins Moody, serving a sentence in Monroe County Jail for larceny, admitted to having started multiple fires in Key West.

1975 – Robert “Speedy” Neal pitched a perfect game in a Little Major League contest at Key West’s Peter Dopp Field.

1970 – After 75 years of operation, the storm warning station at Lumley & Roberts Hardware Store was removed.

1949 – Fausto’s Food Palace, a new, “ultra-modern” store, opened at 522 Fleming Street.

1925 – A Keys-wide real estate boom had prompted Key West lot owners to clean their vacant properties.

1930 – The Lighthouse Service determined that small, battery-powered elecric light were a feasible replacement for those lit by gas.

1941 – Eight female students at Key West High School formed a carpentry class – the first of their sex to do so.

1955 – Southern Bell Telephone Company installed new dial equipment that gave all 8,700 phones in Key West new numbers.

A document in the archives shows that Mallory Square is not named after Key Wester - and Confederate Naval Secretary - Stephen Mallory.

1956 – The First Baptist Church on Eaton Street at the corner of Bahama Street was destroyed by fire.

1954 – The state Hotel Commission gave notice to the Island City House at 411 William Street that their license had been revoked.

The Key Largo Library will be celebrating National Library Week, April 7-12, with events all week long.

View and download the monthly calendar for the Key Largo Library Branch.

1935 – The Federal Emergency Relief Administration’s strategy of reshaping Key West into a tourist destination was working.

1886 – At 10 o’clock in the morning, a fire started near the San Carlos Theater in Key West.

1975 - The new East and West Wings of the Monroe County Public Library at 700 Fleming Street in Key West were dedicated.

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