1853 – Capt. J.M. Scarritt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was in charge the construction of Fort Taylor in Key West Harbor. It was...

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

1910 – Over the course of a month, Key West had gained 1,200 new inhabitants, a population growth rate never seen by a Florida city...

1901 – The Diebold Safe and Lock Company was installing a large vault in the County House for the use as an armory and for the Clerk of...

1853 – John Bartlum was building a 100-ton pilot boat in Key West for the Browne & Curry company. Only South Florida woods were being...

1906 – El Centro Asturiano established a branch in Key West. The society had one of the finest hospitals in Havana. 1906 – Wm. Curry &...

1840 – Seminole warriors attacked and burned the settlement on Indian Key, an island community founded by Jacob Housman as a rival...

1884 – Walter C. Maloney died in Key West at age of 71. He was a lawyer and had served in the state legislature from Monroe County and...

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

1899 – Since October 9, there had been 31 new cases of yellow fever and three deaths. Thirteen of those cases and two of the deaths came...

1862 – The “Union ladies” of Key West presented the Army chaplain with a U.S. flag to raise over the regimental church. As it was...

1909 – Dutchy Melbourne, who was serving a 13-year sentence in the state penitentiary, escaped. He had been convicted of the murder of...

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...

1899 – There were 23 new cases of yellow fever reported at Key West, for a total of 960. Certain segments of the Key West population...

1895 – Wm. H. Williams, manager of the Key West Wrecking Company, returned from Cuba, where he had gone with a diver to salvage papers...

1853 – W.C. Dennis, proprietor of the Key West salt works, reported that because of an exceptionally dry summer, a bounteous crop of...

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...

1904 – Robert Gabriel was elected president of the Roosevelt and Fairbanks Republican Club. 1933 – Pay for workers of the Emergency...

1851 – A gale commenced at Key West and blew for 30 hours. There was no damage to buildings or ships. 1869 – The bark Washington ,...

1832 – The ship Shepherd , from Havana to Hamburg, went ashore in a gale at Conch Reef near Tavernier Key. The crew and part of the...