Posts in category History

A World War One Navy seaplane from the Naval Air Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 22, 19171917 The first planes flew from …

President Taft in Key West. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 21, 19121912 President William H. Taft arrived on the train and after touring …

Sears School and teachers. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 20, 18701870 The Sears School Key West’s public school was established on Free School …

Mel Fisher on the right with Cliff Robertson who played him in a movie. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 19, 19981998 Mel Fisher, …

EARLY TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING BY IRVING R. EYSTER One of the first hotels of the Keys was the Tropical Hotel on Indian Key, operated by …

Key West waterfront in 1862. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 18, 18621862 The 47th Pennsylvania Regiment arrived in Key West on the steamer …

The Gato Cigar Factory after the fire. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 17, 19151915 Fire destroyed the large cigar factory of E.H. Gato …

The Square Deal Market on Simonton Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 16, 19591959 Jose Oropeza was the owner of the Square Deal …

The Baptist Church that was destroyed by fire in 1956. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 15, 19681968 Dr. Harold Bennett, executive secretary of …

The old Custom House that was replaced in 1888. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 14, 18881888 The contract for the Custom House at …

Fisherman’s Cafe on Caroline Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 13, 19811981 The Fisherman’s Cafe on Caroline Street, long a favorite subject of …

Flooding at Front and Simonton Streets in the 1960’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 12, 19831983 Front and Simonton Streets intersection was flooded …

The bell from the German ship Rhein. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 11, 19401940 Even though the United States would not enter World …

Key West High School in the 1950’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 10, 19551955 The cornerstone laying for the new Key West High …

A Submarine enters the Naval Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 9, 19541954 Twentieth Century-Fox was shooting a documentary color film about U.S. …

The Overseas Fruit Market at 934 Truman Avenue. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 8, 19831983 Preliminary plans for the development of the Truman …

Thelma Strabel’s home on the left by the Southernmost Point. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 7, 19401940 Author Thelma Strabel moved into her …

The Islamonada Brach of the Monroe County Library. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 6, 19661966 The Islamorada Branch of the Monroe County Library …

Artist Henry Faulkner. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 5, 19811981 Artist Henry Faulkner, a long time winter resident of Key West, was killed …

Part of the Key West Sponge Fleet about 1900. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 4, 19001900 The sponge fleet has arrived and report …