KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE PUPPY WITH NO SHAME
Somewhere in Key West’s Old Town, there’s an elderly man cursing the soul of Calico Jack.
I don’t mean Calico Jack Rackham, the infamous Caribbean...
KEYS HISTORY: KEY LARGO’S FARMING PAST
It takes 16 miles to drive between Jewfish Creek and Tavernier Creek, the distance the Overseas Highway travels across Key Largo. The largest of...
WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? BAR 1 SALUTES KEY WEST’S NAVY HERITAGE
The U.S. Navy’s impact on Key West dates back more than 200 years — to March 25, 1822, when Navy Lt. Matthew Perry arrived...
KEYS HISTORY: SADDLEBUNCH KEY
The modern Overseas Highway travels over the right-of-way that delivered Henry Flagler’s train to Key West – for the most part. It wasn’t always...
KEYS HISTORY: TORCHWOOD, AN 1876 HOMESTEAD & THE BERN AND BETTY BROTHER
Torchwood is a tree that grows in South Florida, the Keys, Mexico and the Caribbean.
It reaches about 15 feet, though it can grow a...
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...
