1840 – President Martin Van Buren recognized Fielding A. Browne as Vice Consul to Spain for Key West.
1906 – During 48 hours over nine inches of rain fell flooding the lower parts of the city. The water at the corner of Southard and Margaret Streets was over two feet deep.
1922 – Circuit Court Judge H.P. Branning ruled that a City of Key West ordinance permitting city judges to issue search warrants was null and void. He said the City Council had no power to authorize such search warrants.
1925 – A building that once housed the Thompson Brothers cigar factory on Duval Street at Louisa was destroyed in an early morning fire.
1932 – Charles Tift of Plantation Key reported that two juveniles stole his son’s bicycle and then hopped on the freight train with it, presumably making an escape to Key West.
1935 – Thompson Fish Company announced that they had purchased the Overseas Transportation Company and started freight service from Miami to replace the Overseas Railroad that was destroyed in the hurricane.
2008 – Key West City Commissioners began discussions about where to build a new City Hall, and they agreed to reach out to the Monroe County School District about the availability of the Glynn Archer Elementary School on White Street.
Information compiled by the late Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, and Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Overseas Transportation Company truck on US 1 C 1940. Stetson Kennedy Collection. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.