things I remember
City Commissioner Clayton Lopez was in middle school when Monroe County schools integrated. He finished sixth grade at the all-black Frederick Douglass School and then started seventh...
Pirate Stories!
December 19, in the piratical history books, has been an active one in the shallow waters surrounding the Florida Keys. In 1818, the Emma Sophia, sailing from...
Accolades for Fern Butters’ Key lime pie, Sombrero (the vanishing) Key & Browne v....
Accolades for Fern Butters’ Key lime pie
While the lovely Barbara Cockerham is Islamorada’s current Key Lime Pie Lady, she was not the first.
The original was Fern Butters,...
Celebrating 20 years: Marathon’s roots traced back to property rights
While Marathon earned its moniker from the laborers toiling on the Overseas Railway, property rights were the main catalyst for the incorporation of the Middle Keys hamlet.
“You...
The Mysterious Handprint at Pigeon Key
A Spanish superstition warns that if a bird sings outside your window at night, a death will occur in your home the following day. I don’t know...
Local group working to acquire Alligator Light
Ask Larry “Lighthouse” Herlth what it would mean to obtain the iconic, historic marvel in Alligator Lighthouse, and he’ll tell you it would be a 10-year dream...
’35 storm most powerful ever
The Category 5 1935 Labor Day Hurricane is still the most powerful storm ever to strike North America. While the killer hurricane accounted for approximately 500 fatalities,...
Information being sought on Fishermen’s anchor
As the rebuild of Fishermen’s Community Hospital continues, so does the restoration effort on a key feature that sat outside the facility.
The anchor located next to the...
Key Lime Legends – The Cookie Lady
Hundreds of people peddle sweets in the Florida Keys, but few rise to the iconic status of Marilyn Kellner, better known to the world as “The Cookie...
Keys History: Attack at Indian Key – From settlement to community – Politics rears its...
Attack at Indian Key – Upper Keys History
In the early morning hours of Aug. 7, 1840, some 130 Indians paddled out to Indian Key and launched a surprise...
