Posts in category History

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 Northwest Channel Lighthouse was first lighted.

USS Bushnell (AS 15) with units of Submarine Squardon 12 alongside. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / March 4, 1906 1906 In repose to reports …

Sand Key Lighthouse and Weather Station. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / March 3, 19031903 A telegraph cable was run to Sand Key for use …

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 The Naval Court of Inquiry, in the sinking of the …

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

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

The United States Coast Guard building on Whitehead Street. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 26, 1977  The new United States Coast Guard Station …

Tennesse Williams at home in Key West. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 25, 19831983 Key West resident Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tennessee Williams …

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 …

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Certain Powdered Infant Formula Produced in Abbott Nutrition’s Facility in Sturgis, Michigan [Monroe County], Fla. — The U.S. Food …

The program for the dinner honoring Former President Harry Truman. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 23, 19571957 Former President Harry Truman returned to …

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 …

Key West railroad yard about 1930. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 20, 1912 Collier’s Weekly magazine’s cover story is the, “Opening of the …

The cast of “Pirates of Penznce” meets with Harry L. Hopkins, director of the Works Progress Administration. TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 19, …