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History

Check out the online version of Celebrating Our Past, a history feature put together by Dan Gallagher that appears Saturdays in the Keynoter. It's a work in progress, so keep checking back. Send your own photos of Keys history to keynoter@keynoter.com.

Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009 09:34 AM EST

Alan Schmitt came to the Keys for the same reason most people do — the warmth. There was just one small difference.

Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008 03:00 AM EDT

In 1992, collectibles dealer Chuck Faulkner made an unusual discovery in a bag that was discarded from a storage unit in Kissimmee. It was filled with close to 170 paintings by Harry J. Sonntag, who was also known as the “Hermit Artist of Key Largo.”

Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008 03:00 AM EDT

Irving Eyster’s interest in archaeology started when he was growing up in Indiana. He and his grandfather would go looking for old mill remains or houses that had long been abandoned.

Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008 03:00 AM EDT

Marathon’s Bettye Chaplin says her success in the real estate business can likely be traced back to the impact a famous scene in the classic 1939 movie “Gone With the Wind” had on her mother, Lida Bateman.

Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008 03:00 AM EDT

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