1850: The steamer Creole, carrying General Narciso Lopez and his rebel army fleeing their failed invasion of Spanish Cuba, landed at the port of Key West. The Creole entered port
1841: Rigging and other equipment salvaged from the ship Manchester, sailing from Havre to Mobile in ballast, were auctioned at Key West. The hull and spars were sold as is,
1812: The schooner Olive, sailing from Boston to Havana, was wrecked in a gale at Key Largo. Wreckers from Nassau saved much of the cargo, which they carried to that
1832: It was reported that Cuban fishermen in Key West had caught a thief and hung him from their mast without judge or jury. Investigation showed it was instead an
1827: Former U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter, now commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy, brought the frigate Liberator, the brig Victoria and the brig Bravo to Key West in preparation for