KEYS HISTORY: CORAL ROCK WALL ON LIGNUMVITAE KEY BRINGS HISTORICAL INTRIGUE

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The Spanish have been influencing the Florida Keys since shortly after the New World was discovered — indeed, since Ponce de Leon sailed past in 1513. It was...

KEYS HISTORY: EARLY PIONEER JOHN ‘BRUSH’ PINDER’S LIFE ON THE FARM & SCHOONER

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This Florida Keys story begins and ends in Key West. Like many told about the archipelago, it reaches well beyond a single island.  The story is mainly about...

KEYS HISTORY: ALLIGATORS WERE NEAR THE ISLAND CHAIN WELL BEFORE THE BLUE HOLE ON...

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One of my favorite things about driving across Florida’s peninsula, traveling between the Keys and the west coast (preferably to Sanibel or Captiva islands), is spotting alligators.  Whether...

KEYS HISTORY: EARLY PIONEERS HAD A DIFFERENT NAME FOR THIS CRUSTACEAN

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If you are not following my Facebook group, Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli, then you are missing out on daily doses of great local history. One...

KEYS HISTORY: A 1920S ANTI-MOSQUITO MOVEMENT SWELLS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE

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Before diving into this 20th-century mosquito story, I need to backtrack. In last week’s 19th-century mosquito story, I referred to yellow fever and malaria as the same....

MOSQUITO MISERY: FLYING BLOOD-SUCKERS STIRRED LONG HOLLOW TOOTH INTO KEYS HISTORY

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These days, the small island in the Atlantic shallows off of the Matecumbe Keys is home to Indian Key Historic State Park. Bahamian sailors called it Kay...

EXOTIC PET TRADE BROUGHT INVASIVE GUESTS TO THE FLORIDA KEYS

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As a kid who grew up hunting snakes and catching lizards, I find South Florida and the Keys to be something of a reptilian mecca. It is...

KEYS HISTORY: A TUSSLE OVER A SHIP SALVAGE

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Working with history is always a learning process. I think it is pretty safe to say that when it comes to history, you only know as much...

KEYS HISTORY: A NEW FIRE COMPANY & ACADEMY AMONG NOTABLE 1829 NEWS CLIPPINGS

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The island chain’s first newspaper was The Key West Register, and Commercial Advertiser and was first printed on Jan. 8, 1929. The operation was managed by Thomas...

OPINION: WHERE’S THE REGARD FOR AN AREA OF CRITICAL CONCERN?

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The Areas of Critical State Concern program was created by the Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972. According to its description, “The program was...

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