1897 – Extremely high tides on Key Largo destroyed thousands of tomato plants and other winter vegetables on the upper Keys.
1920 – The flying boat Nina arrived at Key West. It was the third of three such vehicles operated by Aeromarine West Indies Airways, Inc., for daily mail and passenger service between Key West and Havana.
1922 – Four automobiles carrying over a dozen masked men prowled the streets of Key West overnight. They abducted a young man and took him out to the County Road, but it was not known if he had been whipped or lectured.
1934 – Key West Mayor Wm. H. Malone offered a Thanksgiving statement recognizing government efforts to lift the city out of the Depression: “The public officials of our country have come to our rescue in a most unusual manner. Through the efforts of the Governor of the State, Mr. Julius F. Stone, Jr., and Mr. B.M. Duncan, we have been befriended in a most unusual and generous manner. The distress, resulting from unemployment, has been relieved. The F.E.R.A. Administration has left nothing undone which could contribute to our well-being and prosperity. Let us, therefore, be thankful for all these things, and grateful to our friends.”
1937 – The former United States Biological Station at the east end of Flagler Avenue was sold to Julian Marks who renamed the property Casa Roma.
2008 – The Florida Keys Electric Cooperative began using a new 552-panel solar array located at their Marathon facility. This was the first solar power array in Monroe County, and it could power approximately 10 homes.
Information compiled by the late Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, and Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Key West Mayor William H. Malone and wife Rosetta taking part in a 1934 WPA clean-up. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center