Brad Bertelli
Brad Bertelli is a respected historian, author, speaker, and Honorary Conch based in the Florida Keys. Since arriving on Plantation Key in 2001, he has dedicated over 20 years to researching and interpreting the history of the island chain.
Brad has published 10 books, including his acclaimed series Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli (Volumes 1, 2, and 3), with Volume 4, The Great Florida Keys Road Trip, forthcoming.
For regular updates on local history, you are invited to join the Facebook group “Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli.” To learn more, please visit: www.bradbertelli.com.
KEYS HISTORY: TRAGEDIES & DEATHS ON INDIAN KEY
Editor’s note: This is the final of a two-part series.
If ghosts are real, they would totally find Indian Key homey.
Without getting into all the...
KEYS HISTORY: GHOSTS OF INDIAN KEY
There is an island in the Upper Keys that is home to a ghost town.
It is not a classic ghost town in the sense...
KEYS HISTORY: INDIAN KEY’S PORT OF ENTRY DESIRES DENIED DESPITE BOASTING CONVENIENT HARBOR AND STOP FOR SAILORS
Driving up and down the Florida Keys, millions of people have traveled through Islamorada and over the series of bridges and fills that link...
KEYS HISTORY: THE DAUNTING CONSTRUCTION OF BAHIA HONDA BRIDGE
In J.W. Norie’s “Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Florida, the Bahama Bank & Islands,” he states: “And a large island on the east...
KEYS HISTORY: PLANTATION KEY YACHT HARBOR UNDERWENT SEVERAL OWNERSHIP CHANGES BEFORE BECOMING A PARK
Plantation Key Yacht Harbor was developed by Dr. J. M. Renedo and Thomas Renedo. The brothers were born in Key West.
On Dec. 15, 1940,...
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