1907 – Russell Hall was reopened after Schools Superintendent J.V. Harris had closed the school for a week because a saloon was nearby....

1898 – Battery B, 1st U.S. Army Artillery, with 2 officers and 121 men, arrived at the Key West Barracks from Hilton Head, SC. 1907 – A...

1890 – Commander J.H. Winn, Commander Naval Base Key West, moved into the newly built commandant’s quarters (now known as the Little...

1864 – Henry Hamilton and Darius Stokes, members of the 2nd USCT, were executed at Key West, probably by a firing squad, for mutiny that...

1847 – The brig Planter of Belfast put into Key West, leaking “400 strokes per hour.” The leak first developed when Planter struck a...

1865 – Word reached Key West that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered to General U.S. Grant on April 9, virtually ending the Civil...

1906 – After 14 days of testing the DeForest wireless telegraph was accepted by the Navy. The stations in the system were at Key West,...

1842 – The U.S. mail packet boat Hayne advertised passage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Indian Key for $20, Key West for $25, and...

1858 – At 3 a.m. the residence of Capt. Charles Johnson was found to be on fire. No assistance was given for 15 minutes, but because it...

1832 – The ship Shepherd , from Havana to Hamburg, went ashore in a gale at Conch Reef near Tavernier Key. The crew and part of the...

1846 – Key West was reported to be especially quiet because so many residents had left “to enjoy the pleasures of a northern summer.”...

1841 – Rigging and other equipment salvaged from the ship Manchester , sailing from Havre to Mobile in ballast, were auctioned at Key...

1859 – The US Coast Survey steamer Corwin arrived from New York to begin surveying the reefs and channels near Knight’s Key. 1859 – A...

1830 – William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at seven. During the night we had a light shower and another about 10. Captain...