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April 1
1954 – The state Hotel Commission gave notice to the Island City House at 411 William Street that their license had been revoked.
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March 31
1935 – The Federal Emergency Relief Administration’s strategy of reshaping Key West into a tourist destination was working.
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March 28
1966 – The Lighthouse Military Museum opened in the former Key West lighthouse keeper’s quarters on Whitehead Street.
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March 25
1935 – A resolution by aFlorida Congressman to designate Key West Naval base a winter station for submarines met opposition from the Navy.
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Long-lost Fraud
Letters recently donated to the Florida Keys History Center illuminate a century-old Key West banking scandal.
Florida Keys History Center
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March 9
1938 – After two years of discussion and planning, the Key West City Council passed an ordinance providing for zoning within city limits.
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March 7
1955 – Mackerel and tarpon were running in Key West Harbor and dozens of fishermen were trying their luck from the Clyde-Mallory Dock.
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March 4
1955 – The Key West Garden Club’s annual Flower Show opened at the East Martello Tower.
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February 27
1964 – The Navy awarded a $1,967,209 contract to Bauer Dredging Company to deepen Key West’s main ship’s channel to 34 feet.
Florida Keys History Center
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February 24
1940 – Key Wester William W. Demeritt was commissioned a Captain in the Coast Guard.
Florida Keys History Center
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February 12
1924 – So many tourists were traveling between Key West and Havana that the steamship Governor Cobb had to make an extra trip.
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February 11
1954 – After completing structural surveys, the Florida Road Department greenlighted 2,000 feet of fishing catwalks on bridges.
Florida Keys History Center
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February 10
1960 – Students at Key West High School were dismissed for the day after a phone caller warned a bomb was set go off there at 2 p.m.
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February 8
1964 – The Hemingway House opened as a museum dedicated to telling of the late author’s life in Key West.
Florida Keys History Center
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February 3
1975 – Key West Police arrested the owner of Uncle Sam’s Pawn Shop and Howie’s Lounge.
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February 1
1917 – The first long-distance telephone connection from Key West was made to Miami at 1:47 p.m.
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January 28
1911 – The French line steamer Louisiane, which had gone ashore at Sombrero Key in the hurricane of October 2010, was refloated.
Florida Keys History Center
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January 21
1880 – Former U.S. President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant visited Key West.
Florida Keys History Center
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January 18
1940 – The East Martello Tower was opened to tourists. Boys employed by the National Youth Administration served as guides.
Florida Keys History Center
Jan 181 min read
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January 11
2000 – The last vestiges of the Howard Johnson’s restaurant on North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West were removed.
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