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

1909 – Leo DeVera of Key West was killed while hunting at the east end of the island. The 17-year-old was creeping up on a flock of...

1907 – George Patterson took charge of the U.S. Weather Bureau’s Key West station from H.G. Cornthwaite, who went to Northfield, VT. 1910...

1862 – To combat a growing yellow fever outbreak, orders were issued that all streets and public grounds were to be kept clean and free...

1909 – O.O. Poppleton, “the bee king of the East Coast,” reported that he had harvested 14 tons of honey from his 200-hive apiary on Key...

1880 – The American Shoals Lighthouse was first lighted. 1924 – The Florida State Board of Health notified the City of Key West that...

1852 – A Key West correspondent wrote, “Mr. and Mrs. Mosquitoes made their first appearance on Sunday evening, 13th inst., claiming...

1857 – A letter from Key West said, “A large amount of rain has fallen this month, and we are flooded with water. Mosquitoes are on the...

Northwest Channel lighthouse, circa 1970 1774 – It was reported that English surveyor George Gauld had set out from Pensacola in May to...

The musical ‘Cayo Hueso ’76’ at the Waterfront Playhouse in Key West 1826 – A letter written at Indian Key said “the musketoes are so...

1827 – Former U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter, now commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy, brought the frigate Liberator, the brig...