1863 – Wood was being pilfered from the Engineering Department at Fort Jefferson: “All wood, whether in blocks, sticks, boards, barrel...

1839 – It was reported that Key West “and its neighborhood” were strongly supportive of Charles Downing of St. Augustine for Delegate to...

1828 – After six years of dispute with other claimants of the island, John W. Simonton was declared Key West’s legal owner. Simonton had...

1924 – Real estate speculators were predicting Big Pine Key was positioned only behind Key Largo and Upper Matecumbe for a land boom....

1861 – Lt. T.A.M. Craven of the U.S. steamer Crusader issued a notice of blockade at Key West. It stipulated that no vessels would be...

1893 – A man named Andre Peniche was forced to leave Key West after suspicion grew that he was a Spanish spy. Cuban residents of the...

1826 – A brig sailing from Havana to Boston wrecked near the Carysfort lightship and went to pieces. Part of its cargo of coffee and...

1898 – The Army took over the Cuban telegraph cable from Western Union. Telegraph Superintendent M.L. Hellings was commissioned as...

1922 – Navy aircraft located the missing Aeromarine seaplane Santa Maria near Andros Island, Bahamas, in good condition with all...

1832 – Ornithologist John James Audubon left from Charleston on board the Revenue Cutter Marion , bound for the Florida Keys. 1912 –...

1901 – N.M. George on the yacht Privateer fishing in the Bahia Honda Channel landed a tarpon that weighed 213 pounds and measured 7...

1924 – The price of Key Largo land was on the rise, with oceanfront lots sometimes exceeding $200 an acre. Many landowners, though, were...

1823 – At Key West a battery was erected with eight guns, under the command of Capt. Grayson, U.S. Marine Corps. A national salute was...

1829 – After nearly two weeks of effort, the ship Britannia was towed to Key West from where it had wrecked on Conch Reef. Jacob Housman...

1871 – The Santo Domingo Commission, including renowned African American statesman Frederick Douglass, arrived at Key West from Kingston...

1854 – The U.S. Coast Survey steamer Corwin , under the command of Lt. T.A.M. Craven, left Key West for Cape Florida. The crew planned to...

1906 – Navy coaling operations at Garden Key were transferred to Key West as the process of converting the Dry Tortugas facility to a...

1861 – Key Wester and Confederate sympathizer Henry Mulrennan flew the flag of the Republic of Florida over his store, which he had...

1829 – Col. George M. Brooke of the U.S. Army, accompanied by a Dr. Macomb, arrived at Key West to examine the island and select a site...

1855 – Northwest Channel Lighthouse was first lighted. 1907 – Sir William Gray Wilson, Governor of The Bahamas, was in Key West as the...