Posts in category History

Fat Albert Blimp. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 13, 1993 1993 A fierce winter storm swept thought the Keys uprooting trees, damaging buildings, …

The main gate to the Naval Air Station at Trumbo Point. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 12, 1940 1940 Captain Walter F. Jacobs, …

Secretary of State William Rogers, Deputy Under Secretary of State David Newsome and Dr. Frank Pinder. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 10, 1955 …

Judge William Marvin. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 9, 1862 1862 The case of the ship S.R. Mallory, owned by Wm. Curry Sons …

Fort Jefferson at the Dry Tortugas. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 8, 1869 1869 Dr. Samuel Mudd, who had been a prisoner at …

Officer Clarence K. Till seated right with his brother, wife and daughters. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 7, 1904 1904 Key West police …

The first highway alongside the Florida East Coast Railroad. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 6, 1929 1929 The Overseas Highway from the Dade …

The Northwest Channel Lighthouse. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 5, 1855 1855 Northwest Channel Lighthouse was first lighted.

USS Bushnell (AS 15) with units of Submarine Squardon 12 alongside. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 4, 1967 1967 The Navy reported that …

Sand Key Lighthouse and Weather Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 3, 1903 1903 A telegraph cable was run to Sand Key for …

The swing part of the old Seven Mile Bridge. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 2, 1981 1981 A back hoe loaded on a …

The Battleship Maine Court of Inquiry. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / March 1, 1898 1898 The Naval Court of Inquiry, in the sinking of …

Art students on the front porch of the Carolina Lowe house. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 28, 1935 1935 The Key West Art …

Marathon about 1960. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 27, 1953 1953 The Jesston Corporation sold 330 acres of the new Marathon Beach area …

Inside the Monroe County Jail in the 1970’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 26, 1994 1994 The Sheriff’s Department moved jail inmates from …

Tennesse Williams at home in Key West. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 25, 1983 1983 Key West resident Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tennessee …

The Havana-American Cigar Company factory on County Road. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 24, 1905 1905 The new Havana-American Cigar Company factory on …

The program for the dinner honoring Former President Harry Truman. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 23, 1957 1957 Former President Harry Truman returned …

Henry Flagler second from the right and party inpsect the railroad work on Stock Island. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 22, 1906 1906 …

President Hoover fishing with Captain Albury at Key Largo. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / February 21, 1953 1953 Former President Herbert Hoover who had …