KEYS HISTORY: PLANTATION KEY YACHT HARBOR UNDERWENT SEVERAL OWNERSHIP CHANGES BEFORE BECOMING A PARK
Plantation Key Yacht Harbor was developed by Dr. J. M. Renedo and Thomas Renedo. The brothers were born in Key West.
On Dec. 15, 1940,...
TIME HASN’T BEEN KIND TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON STEAMSHIP AT ELBOW REEF
By Thomas Scott
Editor’s note: This is the final in a two-part series on the City of Washington steamship.
Several months following the disaster, after...
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON MAY JUST BE THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SHIPWRECK IN THE...
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the steamship City of Washington and its involvement in the Maine battleship incident....
KEYS HISTORY: WHY IS THERE A REEF CALLED LOOE KEY?
I was done writing about the Great Florida Keys Road Trip when Mile Marker 0 came out in August. I need to save some...
WRECKED STEAMSHIP OFF THE UPPER KEYS POSSESSES SOME HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
By Thomas Scott
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the steamship City of Washington and its involvement in the Maine...
KEYS HISTORY: WEATHERING STORM SEASON
Some people say Florida doesn’t have seasons. They are wrong. They might not be traditional seasons, but they come around as surely as spring...
HISTORIC USCGC INGHAM — A SHIP WORTH SAVING
Secured along the seawall at Truman Waterfront, the ship commands attention, the searing white of its hull stretches out like a 100-meter dash (327...
KEYS HISTORY: THE LEGEND OF BOAT CAPTAIN BILL SMITH
Bill Smith holds a special place in fishing history. He showed up in the Keys as a 19-year-old.
In 1928, Smith was approved for a...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE SEA MONSTER IN THE LIBRARY
In the early 1980s, sparked by a passionate love for my island home, I became obsessed with Key West history. But I never dreamed...
KEYS HISTORY: RECALLING THE WEATHER REPORT AND A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE LABOR DAY...
Elvis Presley was born in 1935. Porky Pig made his Looney Tunes debut the same year. Additionally, Babe Ruth hit his 714th (and final)...
