1826 – A writer at Key West noted, “The materials for the Light House at the Dry Tortugas are all landed there, and the workmen will...

1922 – Twenty-five aliens were arrested at Marathon for trying to enter the country illegally. The party – one Greek, four Chinese, and...

1830 – William A. Whitehead was named Collector of Customs and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Key West, replacing Algernon S....

1837 – A woman testified in a Philadelphia court that a sailor named Mitchell had come to her house and told her husband he had buried...

1851 – The brig Yucatan , wrecked while sailing from Trinidad de Cuba to New York, was condemned and sold at auction in Key West for...

1854 – The brig L.W. Maxwell wrecked at Eastern Dry Rocks after having sprung a leak at sea. The vessel bilged and was full of water,...

1858 – Philip J. Fontaine, grocer and ship chandler, died at age 50. He had served three terms as Mayor of Key West. 1864 – John...

1857 – Captain Alderslade arrived at Key West from Tampa on the schooner Eliza Catherine with 30 head of cattle for the island’s meat...

The BOQ (Fly Navy building) in Key West, circa 2000 1887 – The Marine Hospital reported a yellow fever epidemic in Key West had caused...

Mario Sanchez 1823 – Lt. Charles Skinner of USS Wild Cat left a contingent of Marines and artillery at Key Vaca (Marathon) on the...

Key West Police Officer Clarence Till’s widow and children at his gravesite in Key West Cemetery 1823 – Monroe County, the sixth county...

The Submarine R-12, which sank off Key West in 1943 1823 – Commodore David Porter, on board the U.S. Steamer Sea Gull at Key West,...

Treasure Salvors ship sunk at the dock in 1980. 1819 – The brig Rising Sun , sailing from Havana, was boarded by pirates near the...

Sombrero Beach sales office in 1966. 1823 – There had been no rain at Key Vaca (Marathon) for many weeks and vegetation there was in a...

1926 – Samuel J. Wilde of Boston purchased Crawl Key near Marathon from Mary Porter Harris, wife of the late Judge W. Hunt Harris of Key...

1858 – Professor Louis Agassiz of Harvard University was at Key West continuing his multi-year examination of the Florida reef and...

1819 – It was reported that a small settlement had been established at Key West to engage in wrecking, though some suspected it was...

1818 – The brig Sally , sailing from Rhode Island to Havana via Savannah, was wrecked on the Florida Reef. The crew and cargo were saved...

1830 – The sloop USS Florida , under Lieut. Josiah Tattnall, sailed from Key West, bound for Washington, DC. The Key West Register ...

1836 – During the year of 1835, a total of 17 vessels were adjudicated in the Admiralty Court in Key West and salvage fees of $88,435.18...