KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE BAD BIRTHDAY PIG ROAST
Don’t let a man who claims to play poker with the ghost of Harry Truman plan your birthday party.
That was just one lesson I...
KEYS HISTORY: SEVERAL MIDDLE KEYS ISLANDS REPORTEDLY GOT THEIR NAMES AFTER TURTLE PENS
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, kraal is defined as “1) an African and especially a southern African village in which a group of dwellings...
WOODCARVING EXHIBITION AT THE STUDIOS EXPLORES KEY WEST ‘THE WAY IT WAS’
Experience the historical charm and vibrant culture of Old Key West through intricate wood carvings. ‘The Way It Was’ exhibition by Isaac and Danay...
COULD A HISTORIC BOAT RAMP RETURN IN ISLAMORADA? VILLAGE OFFICIALS EXPLORE POSSIBILITY TO HELP...
A boat launch used by locals for two decades at Founders Park seemed to fade away as a new boat ramp was built nearby....
KEYS HISTORY: DOLPHIN ALLURE FLIPS TO PROTECTION AND EDUCATION ON GRASSY KEY
The island was called Ellis Island by the cartographer DeBramn in 1772. It was not the name that stuck. In Gerdes’1849 pamphlet, Reconnaissance of...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: PHIL CLARK WAS ‘THE PIRATE WHO LOOKED AT...
“Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you callWanted to sail upon your waters Since I was three feet tallYou’ve seen it all …. You’ve seen...
KEYS HISTORY: UPPER MATECUMBE KEY WAS ONCE KNOWN AS A RAILROAD TOWN
When Islamorada developed, it was a railroad town. People like to say otherwise.
They tell stories about Spanish conquistadors sailing past and declaring Islamorada the...
KEYS HISTORY: OUTSIDE KEY WEST, TAVERNIER HAS THE MOST HISTORICAL STRUCTURES
Tavernier is a small community found on the southern tip of Key Largo. It was not the first to develop along this neck of...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: IT’S THE JAZZ, MAN
Sometimes in Key West’s beloved “bad old days,” also known as the late 1970s and early ’80s, you could feel a spine-tingling sense of...
KEYS HISTORY: REMEMBERING THE KEYS OF OLD
To help make ends meet, I work at a shack next to the marina at Robbie’s of Islamorada a couple of days a week....
