Posts in category History

The USS Nashville and the steamer Buena Ventura. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 22, 1898 1898 The Navy was ordered to blockade the …

Front Street looking to Duval Street in 1865. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 21, 1865 1865 Word reached Key West about the death …

The Oldest House on Duval Street in 1865. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 20, 1865 1865 Word reached Key West that General Robert …

Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 19, 1990 1990 French President Francois Mitterand and President George Bush met …

Ernest Hemingway on his fishing boat Pilar. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 18, 1988 1988 Ernest Hemingway was posthumously inducted into the Florida …

Monroe County Beach. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 17, 1949 1949 The new Monroe County Beach was dedicated. Judge Thomas S. Caro was …

Wilhelmina, C.B. Jr. and C.B. Harvey. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 16, 1977 1997 Monroe County Commissioners voted unanimously to rename the new …

The Page Building at the corner of Duval and Fleming Streets. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 15, 1930 1930 Andrew J. Page moved …

Elena Hoyos Mesa’s tomb in the Key West Cemetery. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 14, 1941 1941 Karl Tanzler a.k.a. Von Cosel, the …

The turtle schooner A. Maitland Adams. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 13, 1979 1979 A. Maitland Adams died at the age of 82. …

Adlai Stevenson in Key West with Judge and Mrs. Aquilino Lopez Jr. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 12, 1956 1956 Adlai Stevenson, candidate …

Captain Douglas Trevor and his son Edward on the right. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 11, 1964 1964 Charter Boat Captain Douglas Trevor …

John Geiger. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 10, 1885 1885 John Geiger died in Key West. He was born in St Augustine in …

The Norwegian freighter Benwwod. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 9, 1942 1942 The Norwegian freighter Benwood, loaded with phosphate, collided with the tanker …

The Cuban Club on Duval Street before the fire. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 8, 1988 1988 The City Commission sitting as Board …

Sloppy Joe’s Bar on Duval Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 7, 1935 1935 Joseph “Sloppy Joe” Russell purchased the building that formerly …

The Salt Ponds off South Roosevelt Boulevard. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 6, 1983 1983 The Thomas F. Riggs Wildlife Refuge on the …

Policeman Winston L. “Jimmy” James on the left. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 4, 1968 1968 The Key West City Commission by a …

A sponge auction on the dock at the end of Grinnell Street in the 1930’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 4, 1939 1939 …

Commodore Porter’s Fleet in Key West Harbor. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 3, 1823 1823 Commodore David Porter arrived and established the Naval …