1893 – Author Edwin L. Sabin wrote of a visit to Key West, “It is a misnomer to call Key West an American city. It is not. It has all...

1899 – Thanksgiving Day was observed by all churches, which held services. In the afternoon the bazaar was held at La Brisa. The bicycle...

1895 – The Key West sponge schooner Shamrock sank off St. Marin’s Key and six of the 14-man crew were lost. 1908 – James Miller, a Key...

In November 1831, a ship carrying 230 Irish laborers to New Orleans ran aground. The passengers rose up and caused havoc in Key West.

1900 – The people of Key West raised over $1,200 for victims of the Galveston hurricane. The disbanded cigarmakers’ union voted to give...

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...

1770 – The HMS Carysford wrecked on a reef off Key Largo and gave its name to the reef, which was later changed to Carysfort. 1908 –...

1828 – William Adee Whitehead, the 18-year-old brother of early Key West property owner John Whitehead, arrived on the island. He would...

1860 – The ship Cerro Gordo , carrying 1889 bales of cotton from New Orleans to Ireland, was driven onto a shoal near Loggerhead Key in...

1832 – A vessel was purchased by the residents of Key West, converted into a hospital, and moored about a mile from the city. Though...

1622 – Three large galleons, along with other ships from Spain’s Tierra Firme fleet, were wrecked from the Marquesas Keys to the Dry...

1849 – The Belgian brig Antionette arrived at Key West under the charge of wreckers. The vessel was sailing from Antwerp to Havana when...

1837 – The passengers and crew of the schooner Sarah Ann , wrecked at Sombrero Key while sailing from Charleston to Mobile, were rescued...

1850 – The Spanish brig Moreno , sailing from Trinidad de Cuba to Barcelona with a cargo of sugar, aguardiente, and cigars, ran ashore...

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

1853 – The bark Robert Morris , sailing from Cienfuegos to Philadelphia, wrecked at Pelican Shoal after everyone on board was stricken...

1832 – The owners of the British bark Glasgow that had gone aground at “Collins’ Point” on the Florida Reef with 1,099 bales of cotton...

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

1844 – The brig Alwilda , sailing from Cuba to New York with a cargo of mahogany and palm leaves, had wrecked on Alligator Reef near...

1825 – The brig Lima , sailing from Havana to Philadelphia, wrecked on the reef off “the Saddle Hills.” It carried a cargo of silks,...