A new renovation is restoring prominence to one of Key West's oldest public spaces.

1975 – The Oldest House on Duval Street officially opened as a museum.

1935 – An excursion to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas was offered to up to 16 passengers on the Commodore seaplane.

1880 – Former U.S. President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant visited Key West.

1925 – The Key West City Council approved a motor bus service to be operated on the city’s streets by the Key West Electric Company.

1925 – The Key West Police Department declared that, due to a rise in reckless driving, they would increase enforcement of traffic laws.

1925 – Key Wester Stephen Lowe purchased a lot adjoining his lumber business along the waterfront off Caroline Street.

1862 - The Pennsylvania 47th regiment landed at Key West to relieve New York regiments who had suffered greatly from yellow fever.

Emancipation played out differently in Key West than it did in other parts of Florida - or the country.