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KEYS HISTORY: HENRY FLAGER’S FAVORITE BRIDGE

Driving along the Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys, it is easy to have your sense of direction confused. When entering Key Largo and heading down the...
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KEYS HISTORY: RAILWAY PAVES WAY FOR A DRIVE ON THE STRETCH

When driving in and out of the Florida Keys, most people take the 18-Mile Stretch. It is usually the fastest route. Card Sound Road is the other...
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KEYS HISTORY: 2024 IN A CONCH SHELL 

And just like that, next week it’s Christmas. It’s the time of year when I reflect on what has and has not transpired over the last 12...
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SUNKEN SLAVE SHIP SHOWED A LONG-SUBMERGED PORTION OF FLORIDA

In the year 1700, the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship, sank 35 miles off the coast of what is now Key West at New Ground Reef,...
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KEYS HISTORY: SNOWBIRDS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE

“Snowbird” is a more interesting word than it might first appear. The history of the word, too, is curious, so thank you, David Sloan, for pointing it out...
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KEYS HISTORY: SAINT NICK IN THE KEYS

One thing that can be said about Florida is that the Sunshine State’s history dates back a fair distance. As someone who looks into the history of...
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KEYS HISTORY: WHO FIRST CALLED THE FLORIDA KEYS HOME?

The archipelago scattered beneath the Florida peninsula like a broken string of bushy green emeralds across a wet, blue floor is bigger than it seems. How many...
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KEYS HISTORY: SNAILS & GARDEN FACED PRESSURES ON STOCK ISLAND

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on Stock Island.  Once upon a time, the Stock Island Tree Snail was native to Key West and...
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KEYS HISTORY: CAPTURED SPANIARD SHARES A CALUSA STORY

I spend hours and hours researching the local history and then writing about it, and I do my best to share some history, tell a story and...
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KEYS HISTORY: PROHIBITION SAW RAIDS & ARRESTS IN KEY WEST

During Prohibition, there was no shortage of places to acquire alcohol in the Florida Keys. Occasionally, federal Prohibition agents visited those places, often referred to as speakeasies,...

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