Many people were traveling by train from Miami to Knights Key “solely for the novelty of the ride over the sea by rail.”

1935 – The Key West Aquarium was opened with a dedication ceremony attended by more than 500 celebrants.

1935 – The Long Key Fishing Camp was hosting its largest group of anglers in five years.

1924 – The first batch of concrete for the walls of the San Carlos Opera House was poured.

1899 – The Key West Electric Street Railway company opened with a streetcar that ran up and down Duval and to La Brisa.

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.

1907 – The City of Key West was striving to make Fleming Street on either side of Duval the “Broadway” of the city.

1911 – Curtiss Aircraft test pilot J.A.W. McCurdy attempted to fly from Key West to Havana but crashed just short of the goal.

2003 – The Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory opened for business at 1316 Duval Street.

2004 – The City of Key West hired Armando Parra as official chicken catcher to try to control the island’s free-ranging chicken population.

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

1912 – “Opening the Over Sea Railway to Key West” was the cover story of Collier’s National Weekly Magazine.

1953 – The Navy dedicated the baseball field at Naval Station Key West in honor of Key Wester and Marine Sgt. Norris A. Walker.

fter a five-year overhaul of the area, Key West celebrated the grand opening of the city-owned Key West Bight Historic Seaport.

1925 – For the second year, a seasonal visitor information bureau was opened at the Key West railroad terminal.