1828 – The act incorporating the City of Key West was repealed and a new one incorporating the Town of Key West was passed by the territorial council.
1910 – Residents at Key West solicited donations for the inhabitants at settlements on the Ten Thousand Islands and Lostman’s Key on mainland Monroe who had suffered in the recent October hurricane. Many bundles of clothing were sent to those unfortunate people.
1935 – It was announced that George Schutt, manager of the Long Key Fishing Camp that had been destroyed in the Labor Day hurricane, would run Luther Pinder’s camp on Boca Chica Key for the winter season.
1937 – The following officials were winners in the city election: Willard M. Albury, mayor; Wallace Pinder, clerk; Ivan Elwood, chief of police; Alberto Camero, captain of night police; William T. Archer, treasurer; Samuel B. Pinder, tax collector/assessor; Thomas S. Caro, police justice and commissioners Earl Adams, William Freeman, W.T. Dougherty Jr., Will E.P. Roberts, James Roberts, Roy Fulford and W.P. Archer.
1974 – A group called “The Society for the Brig Freedom” was proposing to convert the shrimp boat Trojan into a replica of the 1774 brig Rattlesnake as a Bicentennial project for Monroe County. The purchase and conversion of the shrimper was expected to cost $65,000.
2014 – The Florida Department of Transportation was researching ownership of an old 20-foot-wide road that once ran alongside the north side of U.S. 1 between mile markers 107 and 98. Many businesses were located along the old road and if the state owned it they would have to vacate the property or pay to use it.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Luther Pinder’s tourist camp on Boca Chica about 1935. From the Dale McDonald Collection. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.