1839 – President Martin Van Buren recognized Joseph Beverly Browne as Consul for Texas at Key West. 1876 – St. James Missionary Baptist...

1845 – The American schooner Gleaner arrived at Key West with 300 barrels of flour but left a short while later, followed by a Spanish...

1906 – After 14 days of testing the DeForest wireless telegraph was accepted by the Navy. The stations in the system were at Key West,...

1851 – Stephen R. Mallory of Key West was elected by the Florida Legislature as one of the U.S. Senators from Florida. 1929 – Ty Cobb,...

1836 – The Rev. Robert Dyce, Episcopal missionary at Key West wrote, “…there is a general desire in this place to be informed on...

1822 – Captain John Fiveash established the first U.S. settlement at Key Vaca (Marathon). It was at the west end of the island, and they...

1831 – Wm. A. Whitehead, Collector of Customs at Key West, reported to Washington about Cuban fishing camps at Charlotte Harbor in...

1837 – A woman testified in a Philadelphia court that a sailor named Mitchell had come to her house and told her husband he had buried...

1823 – Captain Ellison of the sloop Eclipse stopped at Key West and was informed that 30 naval officers and 50 enlisted men had...

1863 – A correspondent from Key West wrote that because of a fear of yellow fever, “Steamers pass by us both ways with no more of...

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...

1906 – Commander Beehler of Naval Station Key West reported the receipt at the wireless telegraph station of an eight-word message from...

1911 – The Key West Chamber of Commerce and the Key West Commercial Club, to more effectively promote the island’s businesses, voted to...