Celebrating Tennessee Williams: Events will Offer Cocktails, Movies, Books and More!
Two events in particular shine in the lineup of the Tennessee Williams Birthday Celebration.
“An Evening with Tennessee Williams”
Enjoy samples of the Pulitzer prize-winning author’s...
“On the Hook” with Mark Hedden —Captivating, Raw, Genius
History is always in the making, and it's local artists like photographer Mark Hedden who have the ingenious eye to capture it. Hedden’s new...
Diesel Plant slated for Museum, Brewery in Key West
Just one year ago, a wrecking ball was inches away from Bahama Village’s Keys Energy Services diesel plant. Thanks to public outcry, the call...
EGAN’S INDIAN KEY, POST OFFICES ARRIVE & FDR GOES FISHING
EGAN’S INDIAN KEY
On Feb. 18, 1829 James Egan placed the following advertisement in the Key West Register and Commercial Advertizer. “For Sale a Valuable...
Key lime pie started with ‘hookers’
Chef Stella Parks probably didn’t know she was cooking up controversy when she claimed Key lime pie was inspired by a 1931 Borden Company...
KEYS HISTORY 19-0207
GOING TROPICAL
Upper Keys History
Ann Housman was born in Staten Island, N.Y. on May 1, 1797. She would marry Thomas Gibson on Feb. 4, 1818...
LOOKING FOR TREASURE
Upper Keys History
Tales of buried treasure have been whispered around the Florida Keys since barstool historians first began sipping rum. Actual instances of treasure...
DRIVING THE KEYS – Upper Keys History
Politician George Allen began advocating for a road to the Keys in 1895. In 1908, residents of Monroe County (and especially Upper Keys farmers)...
POST OFFICES AND TRAGEDY
The first post office in the Florida Keys was established in Key West during the month of February in 1829. The post office was...
History hinges on a hurricane
Sometimes sons listen to their fathers. If Juan Menendez had listened to his father, Florida history might have been written a little differently. As...
