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)...
KEYS HISTORY: HOTEL TRANSFORMS INTO A HOSPITAL FOR TURTLE RECOVERY AND RELEASE IN MARATHON
Key Vaca is the heart of Marathon, and Marathon bills itself as the heart of the Florida Keys.
As the highway crosses the island, its...
COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER LIVES LOST IN DEVASTATING 1935 HURRICANE DURING CEREMONY IN ISLAMORADA
Ninety years later, a community still gathers to remember the hundreds of lives lost in the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane.
Many who perished were World...
‘SURE, JIMMY’ — THE BIRTH OF ‘THE COCONUT TELEGRAPH’
There should have been trumpets blaring. At least that’s what I thought years later, pondering the moment’s significance in the launch of Jimmy Buffett’s...
KEYS HISTORY: MARATHON’S ORIGINS GO BACK TO A RAILROAD TOWN
Marathon began as a railroad town. During the construction of the right of way for the Key West Extension of Henry Flagler’s East Coast...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: BUFFETT & ‘THE MARGARITAVILLE MOVIE’
If you hung out at the Chart Room, Full Moon Saloon or Louie’s Backyard in Key West during the late 1970s and early ’80s,...
