Virtual Lecture delves into Indian Key attack
Keys History & Discovery Center presents… “Death at Indian Key: An Unusual Indian Attack,” a live virtual lecture on Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m., with the Discovery...
The Bum Farto Files: Bubbas and chiefs
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting...
The Bum Farto Files: Better Red than Dead
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting...
The Bum Farto Files: Call of the Sirens
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting...
The Bum Farto Files: What’s In a name?
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting operation...
Key West Doctor brought smallpox vaccines and the postal service to Key West
Dr. Henry Waterhouse and his son left their home in Vermont hoping the warmer climates found in the West Indies would help to fortify the doctor’s health....
The Bum Farto Files: A Regular Joe
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting operation...
krome’s impact is beyond rail
William Julius Krome was born on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 1876, in Edwardsville, Illinois. The oldest of seven children, William was the lone son and would grow...
Hurricane interrupts railroad construction, endangers workers
The decision to run the Key West Extension of Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad from the mainland to Key West altered the future of Florida’s southernmost archipelago. The...
Washed out to sea
The decision to run the Key West Extension of Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad from the mainland to Key West altered the future of Florida’s southernmost archipelago. The...
