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Check out the online version of Celebrating Our Past, a history feature that Saturdays in the Keynoter. It features the work of Dan Gallagher and other Keys historians and history buffs. 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
Screams of men dying in the flooded Windley Key quarry stay with Charles Roberts 75 years later.
Posted - Friday, May 28, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
The only alligator sighting confirmed on this particular reef was the U.S.S. Alligator, a ship built in the Boston Navy Yard and commissioned in March of 1821. She was built to combat pirates and slave traders. The double-masted schooner was 85 feet long, armed with a dozen cannons, and sailed with a draft (depth beneath of the water) of less than 11 feet.
Posted - Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
The Tavernier Hotel is open for business again, and its latest owners hope the historic inn will succeed by offering the rarest of Keys finds — clean, comfortable rooms for less than $100 a night in a building steeped in local history.
Posted - Friday, August 13, 2010 09:15 AM EDT
The Schooner Wharf Bar is still recruiting contestants for its bikini contest. At a previous Mel Fisher contest are (from left) Sean Fisher, Josh Abt, Elizabeth Isaacs, Sharon Wiley, Kim Fisher, Krissy McNulty, Star Fisher, Evalena Worthington, Taffi Fisher and her granddaughters.
Posted - Friday, July 16, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
In October, it will be 20 years since Congress made the waters surrounding the Keys a marine sanctuary. President George H.W. Bush signed the bill into law a month later.
Posted - Friday, July 02, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
Less than an hour’s drive north of Key Largo, the fringes of America’s greatest swamp hide a secret; a great hulking rocket.
Posted - Friday, June 11, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
Bruce Neff is rebuilding Key West's history, one marker at a time. The first 15 are scheduled to go up in April.
Through technology and community outreach, Key West history buff Bruce Neff is working to offer residents and visitors a "big-picture" understanding of the Southernmost City's historical importance, one landmark at a time.
Posted - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00 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
