1828 – The lighthouses at Key West, Sand Key, and the Dry Tortugas were low on oil and could make only “a very indifferent light.” It...

1863 – In a ceremony at Clinton Place in Key West, the local citizenry presented a $750 gold sword to Colonel Tilghman H. Good,...

1831 – After “a rather free indulgence of their orisons to Bacchus,” 230 Irish laborers, rescued from the wreck of the ship Maria and...

1910 – Florida State Health Officer Dr. J.Y. Porter notified Key West Mayor Fogarty that the dumping of trash at the foot of White...

1850 – Two men were rescued from Matecumbe Key, after having been stranded there for five days. They were crewmen from the brig New...

1835 – Lieut. D.A. Manning of the U.S. Army, stationed at Key West for many years, died on the island. 1928 – Ninety-nine-year-old...

1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose a little after the sun. The Sloop-of-war Natchez went out this morning. I took a...