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Category Archives: History

Ponce de Leon discovers the Florida Keys

Posted on March 7, 2013 by admin
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Did you know that Juan Ponce de Leon discovered the Florida Keys?  While there is no definitive proof that he actually walked the shores of Key West, recorded history tells us that 500 years ago this month, he was exploring … Continue reading →

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Conch Republic Independence Days Celebration in Key West

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin
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April 23rd will mark the 30th anniversary of The Conch Republic.  For those unfamiliar with the story of the Conch Republic, here’s the Reader’s Digest version.   In 1982, the drug trade was booming in South Florida.  A good amount of … Continue reading →

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Schooner Western Union is to be Florida’s official flagship!

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin
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The Florida House on Tuesday presented a bill for final vote that will designate an official flagship, in keeping with the state’s history that is steeped in maritime tradition.  The Senate has already approved, and it is expected to pass … Continue reading →

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Key West’s Catholic Church is now a minor basilica

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin
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It may seem a bit odd to be blogging about something religious in a hard-partying tourist town that is known for its “raffish charm”, as I think I put it somewhere on our new website.  But something has happened here … Continue reading →

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Henry Morrison Flagler’s Overseas Railway

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin
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  Even before relocating to the Keys, I’ve been in awe of Henry Morrison Flagler, who more-or-less single handedly launched the tourism industry in Florida — in fact, one might say, the “development” of Florida — owing to the construction … Continue reading →

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Key West to Cuba flights OK’d!

Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin
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Almost 84 years ago, in October of 1927, Pan American Airlines made history, initiating the first commercial 90-mile flight between Key West and Cuba.  Originally a mail route, by the following January, Pan Am’s first passenger flight to Havana ushered … Continue reading →

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Hemingway Days in Key West

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin
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Coming up Tuesday through Sunday, July 19 through 24, 2011, in Key West:  Hemingway Days, the 31st. annual celebration of the (larger-than) life of Ernest Hemingway.  The hard-living, Pulitzer Prize winning American author and globetrotter lived and wrote some of … Continue reading →

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