The Florida Keys have been a notoriously good place to smuggle things in or out of America. Maybe the longest running smuggling operation has been
Refugees have been coming to the Keys since the few remaining Florida Indians fled there as American settlers poured into the mainland from the north.
The military has maintained an important presence in the Keys since America acquired Florida from Spain. A U.S. Navy base was established at the same
Every since I was a kid I can remember going to Key West and seeing forts, lighthouses, old sailboats and turtle crawls. I especially liked
The Florida Keys Oversea Railway was the most ambitious engineering and construction project in the U.S. during the first decade of the 1900s. It’s also
The Keys were not officially settled until the U.S. bought Florida from Spain in 1819. During that time there were no doubt fish camps and
Unlike the old pirate nest in Nassau, Bahamas, the Florida Keys didn’t have permanent settlements that could support pirates in the 1600s and 1700s. What
Shipwrecks have been a way of life in the Keys since Europeans first arrived in the New World. The long reef system rose up from
The Florida Keys are defined by one of the world’s great currents, the mighty Gulfstream. It carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico east
The Florida Keys: A History Through Maps tells the story of the Key’s past using different exhibits to enhance your reading. Maps are used extensively
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