THE PAST LIVES ON: THE OLD KEY WEST JAIL WILL BE A MUSEUM
The fifth version of the Key West jail in Jackson Square on Whitehead Street was built in 1892 after a fire had reduced much of the island’s...
A TALE OF OVERSEAS HIGHWAY’S BEGINNINGS
It is undeniable that Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad altered the history of the Florida Keys. One of the things it accomplished, at least for islanders who had...
A TIMELINE: HOSPITAL AT COMMUNITY’S CENTER SINCE ‘60S
2021 : The grand opening of Fishermen’s Community Hospital is set for June 7.
2020 : In June, the last beam is lifted into place and major construction...
Keys’ roads started out in patchwork fashion
Sept. 1, 1854, was a Friday. It was also the day George Whiting Allen was born. The Allen family would move from Jacksonville, Florida, where George was...
WHO NAMED THE KEYS? ORIGINS AS QUIRKY AS THE INHABITANTS
There are 1,000 origin stories behind the names given to the Florida keys, and countless people have contributed to them. One of those was Charles Brookfield. He...
NAME GAME: HOW DID THESE ISLANDS GET THEIR NAMES?
Missouri and Ohio keys are situated in the Lower Keys and, at least in terms of the Overseas Highway, are linked one after the other. Missouri Key...
KEY WEST’S CONCH REPUBLIC CELEBRATES ITS OUTRAGEOUS INDEPENDENCE
Conch Republic Independence events will take place through April 25, featuring sunset sails, bar crawls, pool bar crawls, a Saturday street fair and a host of other...
KKK connection prompts Key West housing board to rename public housing complex
The board of the Key West Housing Authority on April 19 voted unanimously to change the name of JY Porter Place public housing apartments in light of...
WHAT ARE THE ‘D’ NAMES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS?
For those who have spent time driving up and down the Keys, they have seen the green and white road signs announcing the names of the scores...
History & Discovery Center adding tombstone of ‘Wrecker King’
A permanent exhibit featuring the tombstone of the early-19th-century wrecker John Jacob Housman, whose remains are thought to be buried on Indian Key, will be added to...
