Posts in category History

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 The new Monroe County Beach was dedicated. Judge Thomas S. Caro was the …

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

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

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

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 John Geiger died in Key West. He was born in St Augustine in 1807 …

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, 1972 1972 Florida Keys Enterprises revealed plans for a $25 …

Policeman Winston L. “Jimmy” James on the left. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 5, 1968 The Key West City Commission by a unanimous …

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

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

The First Baptist Church before the 1956 fire. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 2, 1956 The First Baptist Church on Eaton Street at …

The 1884 map of Key West with the area of Great Fire of 1886 in black. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 1, 1886 …

USS Pegasus (PHM 1) TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / March 31, 1980 Dante Fascell announced that the Navy would base a squadron of hydrofoil …

A HAWK Missile Battery in the Keys. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / March 30, 1979 1979 The U.S. Army announced that the First Battalion …