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: SEVERAL MIDDLE KEYS ISLANDS REPORTEDLY GOT THEIR NAMES AFTER TURTLE PENS

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, kraal is defined as “1) an African and especially a southern African village in which a group of dwellings...

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....
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