KEY WEST BOTANICAL GARDEN TOOK ROOT 90 YEARS AGO DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
On Feb. 23, the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden will celebrate its 90th anniversary, having opened during the Great Depression in 1936....
ICONIC LA CONCHA HOTEL OPENED 100 YEARS AGO
La Concha Key West, Autograph Collection, the hotel that has stood over the intersection of Duval and Fleming streets for a century, will celebrate...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: TRUMAN AVENUE & THE TWISTED HISTORY
Back when I was a 20-something hippie enchanted with my Key West home, my friends and I had a lot of time on our...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: ISLAND STILL GOING TO THE DOGS
Key West is a great place to be a dog.
Still true today, that statement was particularly accurate in the 1970s and early ’80s.
Back then,...
LOCAL METEOROLOGIST JON RIZZO TRACES HISTORY OF WEATHER FORECASTING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
On Thursday, Jan. 15, Jon Rizzo, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Key West, will discuss the evolution of weather forecasting...
HOME TOURS EXPLORE KEY WEST’S HISTORY — FROM THE INSIDE
You’re curious. Admit it. How many Key West houses have you biked or walked past, craning your neck and standing on tiptoes to catch...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: CALICO JACK AND THE TUPPERWARE PARTY
Key West is not a Tupperware town.
That fact shouldn’t come as a surprise. Especially nearly 50 years ago, Key West and Tupperware were as...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE JALAPENO FIASCO
Working as a Key West food and cocktail waitress in the late 1970s, I learned several important life lessons. They weren’t about waitressing techniques,...
KEYS HISTORY: FILLING PAGES & FULFILLING MEMORIES
I was sitting at my desk signing books, filling orders placed by Shell World, the Kayak Shack at Robbie’s, the Oldest House Museum and...
KEY WEST AUTHOR CONNECTS KEY WEST TO JFK ASSASSINATION
For decades, Key West author and historian David L. Sloan has been known for unearthing the island’s strange mysteries, from the truth behind Robert...
