Brad Bertelli
Brad Bertelli is an author, speaker, Florida Keys historian, and Honorary Conch who has been writing about the local history for two decades. Brad has called the Florida Keys home since 2001. He is the author of eight books, including The Florida Keys Skunk Ape Files, a book of historical fiction that blends two of his favorite subjects, the local history and Florida’s Bigfoot, the Skunk Ape. His latest book, Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli, Volume 1, shares fascinating glimpses into the rich and sometimes surprising histories of the Florida Keys. To satisfy your daily history fix, join his Facebook group Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli.
KEYS HISTORY: DOLPHIN ALLURE FLIPS TO PROTECTION AND EDUCATION ON GRASSY KEY
The island was called Ellis Island by the cartographer DeBramn in 1772. It was not the name that stuck. In Gerdes’1849 pamphlet, Reconnaissance of...
KEYS HISTORY: UPPER MATECUMBE KEY WAS ONCE KNOWN AS A RAILROAD TOWN
When Islamorada developed, it was a railroad town. People like to say otherwise.
They tell stories about Spanish conquistadors sailing past and declaring Islamorada the...
KEYS HISTORY: OUTSIDE KEY WEST, TAVERNIER HAS THE MOST HISTORICAL STRUCTURES
Tavernier is a small community found on the southern tip of Key Largo. It was not the first to develop along this neck of...
KEYS HISTORY: REMEMBERING THE KEYS OF OLD
To help make ends meet, I work at a shack next to the marina at Robbie’s of Islamorada a couple of days a week....
KEYS HISTORY: SUGARLOAF RESTAURANT A JUNCTION BETWEEN FORMER RAILROAD & HIGHWAY
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word sugarloaf as “refined sugar molded into a cone.” It can also mean something cone-shaped.
Why the name was given...
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WOODCARVING EXHIBITION AT THE STUDIOS EXPLORES KEY WEST ‘THE WAY IT WAS’
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