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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
STATE HONORS FORMER KEY WEST SHERIFF & SENATOR JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD
Spottswood.
The surname as synonymous with Key West as Hemingway represents a legacy of leadership, innovation and community dedication, and those who capably carry the...
Washed away: Alligator Key, Sombrero Key, Looe Key
One of the things distinguishing the Keys from Florida’s sand-based barrier islands like Captiva, Sanibel, and Anna Maria Island is their construction. By and...
Southernmost Skunk Ape Society reports 1929 sighting at Bat Tower
In the summer of 1977, documents indicating the presence of a large, hairy, bipedal creature with a strong odor in the Florida Keys were...
