Key Vaca News Today

1848: The Irish ship Mertoun, sailing from New Orleans to Liverpool, wrecked at Delta Shoal off Key Vaca with 1,400 bales of cotton, 4,500 bags of corn, logwood, and barrels

By Ana Mengotti Miami, Jul 26 (EFE) – Thousands of threatened corals from offshore nurseries and parent colonies off the Florida Keys are being taken by divers and scientists to an on-land laboratory to protect them from an unprecedented ocean heat wave. At least 1,500 coral specimens that had been used to restore the reefs …

1823: There had been no rain at Key Vaca (Marathon) for many weeks and vegetation there was in a “perishing state.”

1823: The Brig Brutus from New York and carrying cannons for Comm. David Porter’s squadron, put into Key Vaca for water. A Spanish polacre came in shortly after and appeared

1843: The Key West wrecking schooner Rome found floating barrels of pork and lard near Key Vaca, and between there and Bahia Honda it “never lost sight” of barrels of

1908: Rodef Shalom Synagogue on the corner of Southard and Simonton Streets was dedicated.

1836: During the year of 1835 a total of 17 vessels were adjudicated in the Admiralty Court in Key West and salvage fees of $88,435.18 were awarded to the wreckers.

A conditional use for Marlin Bay Yacht Club and a Racetrac fuel stop and convenience store will be considered in quasijudicial hearings by the Marathon City Council when it meets