1892 – The U.S. War Department decided that Key West would be garrisoned for the first time since the late 1870s, after Col. Lahrette...

1867 – Former President of the Southern Confederacy Jefferson Davis stopped in Key West on his way to Havana, where he was going for his...

1854 – The ship A.M. Hayes , sailing from New Orleans to Liverpool, was at Key West in a leaking condition. Areas near the waterline...

1901 – The population of Monroe County by the 1900 census was 18,066, with 17,114 in the city of Key West, and the remainder of 364 in...

1907 – The Florida East Coast Railway steamer St. Lucie left Key West for Long Key with a crowd of men. The railroad had announced 100...

1908 – There was a scarcity of gasoline in Key West after the schooner Wave burned in Tampa 10 days earlier. While Capt. George Wish...

1823 – The brig Phoebe Ann , sailing to New Orleans, wrecked on the Western Dry Rocks near Sand Key. The crew got the vessel off by...

1853 – The brig Nancy Place , sailing from Cuba, ran ashore at Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas. A letter was sent to Key West on a...

1924 – Boys with slingshots were becoming a menace in Key West. The boys were carelessly shooting at birds and were frequently...

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

1927 – A spectacular chase through the streets of Key West resulted in the arrest of Willard Hopkins, who was carrying 85 gallons of...

1832 – Since January 1st, there had been eight deaths in Key West. Of adults, there were two drownings, two died of tuberculosis, and...

1825 – The new lightship Caesar , destined for duty at Carysfort Reef, was wrecked and abandoned on Florida’s east coast while being...

1851 – Key West had slowed with the summer season: The Coast Survey vessels charting the reef had left for Washington, D.C., work on the...

1888 – A carrier pigeon message service was established by the signal office at Key West. The purpose of the new service was to bring...

1898 – The Red Cross Society’s ship, State of Texas , with nurses and medicine arrived from New York. 1968 – National Air Lines made...

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

1898 – The Navy was ordered to blockade the coast of Cuba. The USS Nashville about 12 miles south of Sand Key took the Spanish steamer...

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...

1797 – Three British ships from Nassau – Ranger , Primrose , and Elizabeth – were seized by Spanish privateers at Key West. The two...