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Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA
Key West has the highest average temperature in the United States.
Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was built between 1845 and 1866. Controlled by the Union during the Civil War, the fort was the home base for a successful blockade of Confederate ships that some historians say shortened the conflict by a full year. The fort also was active during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.
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1828 - Key West, Florida founded
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1845 - Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was built between 1845 and 1866.
Controlled by the Union during the Civil War, the fort was the home base for a successful blockade of Confederate ships that some historians say... Read MORE...
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1846 - September hurricane creates inlets on the North Carolina Outer Banks
Two major inlets on the Outer Banks of North Carolina were cut by a hurricane in September 1846. Later in the year, a severe hurricane struck the... Read MORE...
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Key West, FL - Travel Thru History
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1854 - Key West City
Key West City, a port of entry and capital of Monroe county, Florida, on a small island of its own name. It is the most populous town of the state,... Read MORE...
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1895 - Key West
Key West, a city and port of entry, the capital of Monroe co, Fla., on Thompson's Island, or Bone Key (Sp: Cayo Hueso, ki’o wa'so, whence the name),... Read MORE...
1909 - KEY WEST IN RUINS. Hurricane Which Struck Coast Of Florida Causes Loss Of Millions.
Great Damage Also Done at Havana and Over Island of Cuba by One of the Worst Storms Since the Disastrous Blow of 1906.
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1912 - Railroads
Railroads expanded to Key West in 1912, opening new land for development.
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1916
Key West (officially, Keywest), a city, United States naval station, and port of entry, the capital of Monroe co., Fla., on Thompson's Island, or... Read MORE...
1919 - September 10 - A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons.
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September 10, 1919
1928 - Explosion Kills One Lighthouse Tender Off Key West Catches Fire When Cook Strikes Matches.
(By United Press.)
Key West, Fla., Dec. 27. - The lighthouse tender, Poinsettia, caught fire and exploded at her berth in the navy yard Thursday,... Read MORE...
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1935 - 'Labor Day' hurricane hits Florida Keys
This storm slammed into the keys on Sept. 2, then turned north in the southeastern United States. The wind and tides were responsible for 408 deaths... Read MORE...
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1952 - July 17 - Thunderstorms helped the temperature at Key West, FL, to dip to 69 degrees, to equal their July record established on the first of July in 1923.
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1960 - September 10 - Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys, with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge.
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1983 - 38 Bridges
Thirty-eight overseas highway bridges from Key Largo to Key West are completed under the Florida Keys Bridge Replacement Program.
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2003 - Hijacked
Plane hijacked in Cuba landed in Key West
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