1895 – The Key West sponge schooner Shamrock sank off St. Marin’s Key and six of the 14-man crew were lost. 1908 – James Miller, a Key...

1907 – Monroe County Sheriff F.W. Knight received a telegram from Tampa stating former Key West City Clerk Joseph Curry had been...

1857 – After three months of heavy rains, the salt crop at Key West had nearly failed. Salt manufacturers had managed to safely put away...

1908 – Recordings of speeches by presidential candidates Wm. H. Taft and Wm. J. Bryan could be heard at Stowers Music House on Duval...

1863 – The U.S. Gunboat Sagamore returned to Key West after a one-month cruise. During that time Sagamore was involved in the rescue...

1898 – A large English steamship ran aground at Coffins Patch 10 miles from Sombrero Key Lighthouse with a cargo of cotton. The crew was...

1891 – William Tuttar of Key Largo was bitten by a “monster rattle-snake, with seventeen rattles and a button.” He killed the reptile,...

1863 – A group of Army and Navy men visited Sandy Cornish at his Key West orchard: “We were ushered into the house and took seats around...