DIVING INTO POP CULTURE: HISTORY OF DIVING MUSEUM DEBUTS FEATURE EXHIBIT
By John Christopher Fine
History of Diving Museum’s extraordinary collection of antique diving helmets, equipment and ocean discovery exhibits make for an educational and entertaining visit. Added to...
HISTORICAL DIG: RESEARCH ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG INTO 1800S LIFE IN KEY WEST
Digging a 2-foot hole in one’s backyard usually wouldn’t warrant a team of student archaeologists from the University of Miami. But then, most backyards don’t date back...
KEYS HISTORY: WAS LEMUEL OTIS MONROE COUNTY’S FIRST SHERIFF?
Lemuel Otis, Monroe County’s First Sheriff?
For every prominent early Key West resident immortalized on buildings and street signs, scores of lesser-known residents go virtually unrecognized. One of...
EVER WONDER WHY IT’S CALLED LOOE KEY, AND NOT LOOE REEF?
Why is the shallow collection of corals about 5.5 miles south of Ramrod Key called Looe Key and not Looe Reef? Well, when the H.M.S. Looe wrecked...
1912 WAS A BUSY YEAR IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
The Arrival of Henry Flagler, Key Lime Pie, and the Completion of the Over-Sea Railroad
History is interesting. Well, history can be interesting. Indeed, some people find it...
FLORIDA KEYS HISTORY: ALL ABOUT THE ‘ENGLISH’
Richard Fitzpatrick served as president of the Florida Territorial Council during the January 1836 session. It was Fitzpatrick who introduced the bill that split Monroe County in...
THE STORMS WE REMEMBER
For locals who lived through both Hurricanes Wilma and Irma — two of the most destructive storms in the Florida Keys in recent memory — the differences...
1823: WHEN A FEW ‘BAD APPLES’ SPOILED THE WRECKING TRADE
1823 was a big year for the Florida Keys. New waves of wreckers were arriving to try their luck on the Florida Reef. Two of these men...
KEY WEST MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS HONOR THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
Key West’s active-duty military, veterans organizations and their supporters coordinated three Memorial Day events to honor the fallen on May 31.
The USS Maine Memorial at the city...
THE SECOND STAGE OF OVERSEAS HIGHWAY’S DEVELOPMENT
In November 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for the first of his four terms as president. Roosevelt inherited the Great Depression. One of his first acts...
