1850 – Key West Wreckers were trying to save the Belgian brig Havana Packet , which had gone ashore near Caesar’s Creek, North Key...

1822 – Mr. “Hemming” (Fleming) arrived from Mobile with workers and material to erect the first house on the island. 1831 – The French...

1853 – U.S. Vice-President William R. King arrived at Key West on the steamer Fulton with hope of recuperating from illness in the...

1824 – An unlit beacon, 49 feet high, was erected on “Porpoise Island” (Sand Key) to warn mariners of the reef. 1892 – The Electric...

1862 – Col. Tilghman H. Good of the U.S. Army recognized the legality of Key West’s recent elections and directed that civil authority...

1843 – The brig Lawrence arrived at Key West from Maine and reported that during the voyage, “A huge bright ball, resembling fire,...

1766 – The sloop Catherine from New London was wrecked near Key Largo. The nine people on board made it to land and over the course of...

1833 – German naturalist Dr. E.F. Leitner arrived at Key West after successfully crossing the Everglades alone. During the four-month...

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

Ruth Bryan Owen 1905 – Antonio Betancourt of the Island City Saloon was arrested for selling whisky to a group of boys, ages seven to...

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

1852 – The steamer Philadelphia arrived at Key West with many passengers sick with cholera. No one was allowed on the island, and...

Sigsbee Park housing under construction, circa 1960 1828 – Congress passed a bill establishing a territorial or federal court at Key...

Valladares & Son newsstand, 1200 Fleming St., Key West 1829 – Charles Hawkins shot William A. McRea, as he walked on Whitehead Street,...

1835 – Alden A.M. Jackson was conducting a school in the Monroe County Courthouse. The costs were from $2 to $4 per month depending on...

1836 – Alden A.M. Jackson was named Postmaster of Key West. 1884 – A special agent of the Department of Justice arrived at Key West to...

1851 – The steamer J.W. Rabun , sailing from Savannah to Mobile, ran aground on Big Conch Reef, but after several days the crew freed...

1866 – Cholera was spreading at Key West, and at least 17 military personnel were down with the disease. 1917 – Dutch tobacco merchant...

1825 – Lieutenant Otho Stallings of the US Navy died of yellow fever at Key West. 1891 – The Key West City Commission passed an...