1867 – The recovered cargo of the steamer George Cromwell , wrecked off Indian Key, was appraised at $40,000 and the vessel at $50,000,...

1862 – During the month of August there were 150 cases of yellow fever reported by the Army in Key West. The deaths from fever totaled...

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

1841 – The salvaged cargo of the barque Henry Wooley , composed largely of coffee, was sold at Key West for $12,000. 1885 – A...

1904 – Robert Gabriel was elected president of the Roosevelt and Fairbanks Republican Club. 1933 – Pay for workers of the Emergency...

1861 – A violent storm struck the Florida Keys, and many ships were wrecked from Key West to Key Largo. The British bark Argentine ,...

1828 – The French brig Vigilant wrecked off Key Vaca carrying $32,000 in specie, as well as other cargo. Capt. Jacob Housman and other...

1840 – Seminole warriors attacked and burned the settlement on Indian Key. The settlement had been founded by Jacob Housman and was the...

1884 – Walter C. Maloney died in Key West at age of 71. He was a lawyer and had served in the state legislature from Monroe County and...

1844 – The ship Louis XIV , sailing from New Orleans to France, struck the reef near Indian Key with a cargo of cotton, coffee, lead,...

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

American Shoal Lighthouse 1857 – The ship Carrack , sailing from New Orleans to Liverpool with 2,700 bales of cotton, was struck by...

Rest Beach in Key West, 1930s 1819 – A boat with five men from the brig Ann arrived in Charleston. The brig had wrecked on a reef in...

1900 – The Mayor of Key West was George L. Bartlum. The members of the Key West Board Aldermen were: Charles R. Pierce, Joshua Curry,...

Sally Rand teaching dance at the Casa Marina in Key West, circa 1950. 1858 – An attempt to erect an iron beacon at Rebecca Shoal was...

McCrorys on Duval Street in 1953 1909 – The schooner Edward W. Mudock arrived from Rockport, Maine with the last shipment of stone for...

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

The beach on the north side of the Army Barracks before Trumbo Point was built. 1900 – In a race on Key West’s Barracks Beach, a horse...

1898 – The USS Panther arrived in Key West with a Marine Corps battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Huntington....

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