1822 – The brig Samson , sailing from Mobile to Maine, was boarded by pirates off the Dry Tortugas. The passengers and crew were robbed...

1815 – Juan Pablo Salas, a Spanish Royal Artillery Officer stationed in St. Augustine, was granted the island of Cayo Hueso by don Juan...

1882 – Nelson English was named Postmaster of Key West, the first African American to hold that position. 1897 – George W. Allen was...

1823 – The U.S. Navy steamer Sea Gull , the storeship Decoy , and the schooners Greyhound and Jackall were at Key West, with the...

1825 – The U.S. schooner Shark sailed from Key West to Havana with a group of pirates captured by the USS Sea Gull . The outlaws were...

1823 – The U.S. vessels Peacock , Sea Gull , Decoy , and Mary were at Key West as part of the Navy’s anti-piracy squadron. The...

1825 – The U.S. schooner Shark arrived at Key West with Captain Lewis Warrington, who was relieving Commodore David Porter as commander...

1823 – The first and second mates and two crew of the brig Antelope of Providence, RI, deserted at the Florida Reef. They took the...

1822 – Commodore David Porter arrived at New York City with other Navy officials to purchase a steamboat for his expedition against West...

1806 – The schooner Sea Flower , sailing from Havana to New York, wrecked “a little northward of Key Largo.” The crew and cargo were...

1860 – The Key of the Gulf newspaper noted that, though Key West had long been dependent on wrecking for sustenance, things were...

1825 – U.S. Navy vessels were successfully patrolling Cuban waters against pirates, and a report from Key West said, “…no piracy can be...

1823 – Commodore David Porter ordered the USS Hornet to sail from Key West, rendezvous with the U.S. schooner Fox at Havana, and from...

North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West, circa 1940s 1823 – Commodore David Porter sent five Spanish pirates to the Captain-General of...

The Welters Cornet Band in Key West, circa 1920 1820 – A Cuban pirate ship plundered the schooners Mary McKay and Primrose off...

The Submarine R-12, which sank off Key West in 1943 1823 – Commodore David Porter, on board the U.S. Steamer Sea Gull at Key West,...

Robert Spottswood (kneeling on left) with a fishing party. Photo appeared in the New York Journal on Dec. 15, 1934 1823 – The U.S. Navy...

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

1825 – The Colombian schooner Colombiano arrived at Knight’s Key in a leaking condition after having struck a reef off Cuba. Several...