Posts in category History

The main gate of the Naval Station when it reopened in 1939. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 14, 1939 1939 The Navy Department …

Key West Electric Plant showing the damage from the 1910 Hurricane. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 13, 1923 1923 The Key West Electric …

A stilt house near Boca Grand Key west of Key West. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 12, 1978 1978 Federal Judge William O. …

Ruy Lopez Cigar Factory destroyed by the 1909 Hurricane. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 11, 1909 1909 A category 3 hurricane with winds …

Cuban Mattyr in the Key West Cemetery. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 10, 1936 1936 After unveiling a plague memorializing Jose Marti at …

The Mercedes Hosptial on Virginia. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 9, 1934 1934 Maria Gutsens, Matron of Mercedes hospital for 23 years, was …

Mayor Carlos Manuel de Cepedes. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 8, 1876 1876 Carlos Manuel de Cespedez was elected Mayor of Key West.

The Jefferson Hotel on Duval Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 7, 1900 1900 Hotel Key West at Duval Street was the largest …

The paartial airplane that Von Cosal first kept the body of Elaine. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 6, 1940 1940 Karl Tanzler Von …

An early morning inspection at the Naval Air Station Trumbo Annex. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 5, 1951 1951 Helicopter Scouting Squadron HS-1 …

The Underwater Swimmers School on the Naval Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 4, 1954 1954 The Navy’s first Underwater Swimmer School was …

Mayor Eisner with President Truman. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 3, 1977 1977 Louis M.J. Eisner died at the age of 79. He …

Islander Drive-in on Stock Island. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 2, 1952 1952 Joe Sirugo announced that construction would commence on the drive-in …

Label from turtle soup can. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / October 1, 1909 1909 Louis Mouton, proprietor of A. Granday & Company manufacturer of …

The Naval Air Station about 1970. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 30, 1976 1976 President Gerald Ford signed a military construction bill that …

The Salem Monument in the Battleship Maine Plot in the Key West Cemetery. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 29, 1918 1918 A liberty …

The Navy waterline installed on a rail-raod bridge. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 28, 1955 1955 Two Navy airmen on watch escaped injury …

Headline from The Key West Citizen TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 27, 1955 1955 The Key West motel price war reached a new …

John Lowe’s sawmill and ships ways at Greene and Simonton Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 26, 1906 1906 John Lowe Jr. had …

The 2900 block of Riviera Drive in the eye of Hurricane Georges. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / September 25, 1998 1998 Hurricane Georges, a …