KEYS HISTORY: WRITER’S ‘REMINISCENCES OF KEY WEST’ DETAILS A DOCTOR WHO DIED AT SEA
Key West’s Whitehead Street is named after John Whitehead, who once owned a one-quarter interest in the island. John introduced his younger brother William to the island,...
KEYS HISTORY: THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF KEY WEST
William Whitehead is not the namesake of Key West’s Whitehead Street. He is, however, the man who named it. The namesake Whitehead was William’s older brother, John.
John...
THAT’S A WRAP: PREP FOOTBALL SEASON CONCLUDES IN THE KEYS
The Key West Conchs came very close to upsetting Archbishop McCarthy’s perfect season on Nov. 3, but a sluggish start in the second half would prove too...
KEYS HISTORY: THE LAST TRAIN
The Key West Extension of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway was never the successful enterprise he imagined. For all the money and the effort required to...
KEYS HISTORY: HURRICANE DISRUPTS HIGHWAY & VETERAN WORK CAMPS
Editor’s Note: This is the final in a two-part series on the history behind the arrival of veterans and their contributions to the Florida Keys through the...
KEYS HISTORY: THE AVOCADO’S ARRIVAL TO NORTH AMERICA & THE ISLAND CHAIN
Persea Americana is commonly called the avocado. Consumption of the ancient Mexican fruit dates back 10,000 years. The Aztecs called it ahuacatl, a name still used in...
HAPPY HOUR WITH THE HISTORIAN COMBINES ART & HISTORY
Raise a glass to Florida Keys art and history with Key West Art & Historical Society curator and historian Cori Convertito on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 5...
A BREAKFAST CHAT WITH HISTORY BUFF BRAD BERTELLI COMES TO ISLAMORADA’S HUNGRY TARPON
Outside of Key West, there is little opportunity for a Florida Keys historian to make a living.
For nearly two years, however, I have been planting seeds, tending...
KEYS HISTORY: PRESERVING OLD WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
Several months ago, I was invited to one of the local Key Largo schools to talk with some students about the use of cisterns in early pioneer...
KEYS HISTORY: SHARK PROCESSING PLANT BROUGHT TALES & SMELLS TO BIG PINE KEY
Big Pine Key is found a couple of islands south (or really west) of the Seven Mile Bridge, and is one of the Lower Keys. It is...
