Rest Beach in Key West, 1930s 1819 – A boat with five men from the brig Ann arrived in Charleston. The brig had wrecked on a reef in...

1847 – Six enslaved men who had been put to work on the construction of Fort Jefferson escaped on a schooner from the Dry Tortugas and...

Alexander Patterson 1803 – Two vessels from Havana and bound for Port Au Prince were stranded on the reef at Key Largo. One was...

Aviator Domingo Rosillo, sitting in the back of the car next to the flag. 1836 – The remaining men of the company once under the...

1823 – The U.S. Navy schooners Weasel and Fox , accompanied by two barges, left Key West for a cruise against piracy around Cuba. 1860 ...

1852 – A Key West correspondent noted that there had been no wrecks on the reef in over two months, and the wrecking fleet – 30 sloops...

1850 – Captain Joh Walker of the U.S. light ship at Sand Key reported on maritime traffic that passed his vessel during the month of...

1848 – At a meeting of the Key West Whigs, all were in support of Zachary Taylor. They also voted to approve Representative Edward C....

1858 – Professor Louis Agassiz of Harvard University was at Key West continuing his multi-year examination of the Florida reef and...

1821 – A large Danish ship struck and then was driven over the Florida Reef, anchoring inside. The British surveying brig Kangaroo came...

1858 – During the night, 12 enslaved Key Westers escaped from the island by stealing the Sand Key lighthouse boat. It was thought they...

1855 – Florida Gov. J.E. Broome signed a law passed by the Legislature that made it illegal for any Free Black person who arrived at Key...