Today in Keys History
1861: Rains had fallen at Key West allowing Capt. E.B. Hunt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open new wells sufficient for horses and cooking at the southeast
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1861: Rains had fallen at Key West allowing Capt. E.B. Hunt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open new wells sufficient for horses and cooking at the southeast
1830: William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose before the sun. Last night it was quite cool. After breakfast I was at the store where they were shooting until
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1513: Ponce de Leon named the Islands at the western end of the Florida Keys Los Tortugas.
1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Remarks, Tuesday, May 14. No remarkable event this day, Wind light and adverse. Find a Northeasterly