Today in Keys History
1858: During the night, 12 enslaved Key Westers escaped from the island by stealing the Sand Key lighthouse boat. It was thought they fled to the Bahamas to find freedom.
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1858: During the night, 12 enslaved Key Westers escaped from the island by stealing the Sand Key lighthouse boat. It was thought they fled to the Bahamas to find freedom.
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1906: John Lowe Jr. had wholesale and retail lumber, groceries, ship chandlery and marine railway at the corner of Greene and Elizabeth streets.