KEYS HISTORY: PROHIBITION BROUGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIKES OF CAPPONE IN THE KEYS
The National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, was named for Andrew J. Volstead, the Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who...
KEYS HISTORY: AUTHOR NED BUNTLINE PENNED BUFFALO BILL & BLACK CAESAR STORIES
Today, I am going to write about a man who spent time in the Florida Keys in the ’30s. He had a reputation as a fighter, was...
KEYS HISTORY: PIRACY ACCOUNTS ‘ARGH’ ASTONISHING
I did not consider studying a relevant part of the school experience in high school and those early community college semesters. Better stated, I chose to wait...
KEYS HISTORY: FIND KEY WEST PIONEERS, A LARGE LOBSTER & JESUS BENEATH THE SEA
The Florida Keys started as something other than a refuge for art and artists. It seems safe to say that the island chain has overcome its initial...
KEYS HISTORY: ISLAMORADA COMMUNITY STANDS TALL DESPITE ALL THE DOWNED TREES AND DEBRIS
We have a small concrete house on Plantation Key. When we bought it in 2012, we first fell in love with the front yard’s trees and the...
KEYS HISTORY: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE BITTEN
The year was 1975. I had just turned 10 when the Steven Spielberg classic “Jaws” came out. On a hot summer day, I sat in a dark,...
KEYS HISTORY: THE ALBURYS & AN OLD CONCH HOME
The Reef Environmental and Education Foundation (REEF) invited me to give a talk for their “Fish and Friends” lecture series. A talk about the local history is...
KEYS HISTORY: FOR BETTER OF WORSE, CRAWFISH CATCHING FOREVER CHANGED IN 1975
The Dry Tortugas were once fair game when it came time to hunt spiny lobster.
In a newspaper article published in the Naples Daily News on Aug. 3,...
UNLEASHED DOGS, BATHING IN PUBLIC & PROSTITUTION IN KEY WEST CAME WITH MONETARY FINES...
In 1829, Monroe County lines stretched from Key West, the county seat, north to Lake Okeechobee and west to Port Charlotte (Charlotte Harbor between Fort Myers and...
KEYS HISTORY: BLIND FAITH, BIRTHDAYS & HURRICANE HAM
The only way I could have arrived in Florida the way I did and accomplished what I have so far is blind faith. The thing about trusting...
