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Book Title: A Guide To KEY WEST - Part III

A Guide to KEY WEST
PART THREE
1513
Ponce de Leon sails past Florida Keys, naming them Los Martires.

1815
Key West, known as Cayo Hueso (Bone Island), is granted to Juan Pablo Salas, by 
Don Juan de Estrada, for meritorious service to the Crown of Spain.

1822
Key West is bought from Salas by John W. Simonton of Mobile,Alabama, for $2,000.

"Brethren of the Coast" are driven from Key West and vicinity and destroyed by 
Commodore David Porter.

Lieutenant M. C. Perry takes possession of the island as part of the territory 
ceded to the United States by Spain.

Naval depot is established.

1824
United States Marines arrive in Key West.

1828
Congress passes bill establishing at Key West the "Superior Court of the 
Southern Judicial District of the Territory of Florida."

Key West is incorporated as a city; later as a town.

1829
Post office is established.

1831
Army Barracks are constructed.

First cigar factory in United States is established by William H. Wall.

1832
Saint Paul's Church is founded.

Territorial Council replaces town charter with incorporated city charter.

1845
Construction of Fort Taylor is begun.

1846
Destructive hurricane strikes city.

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, is established and construction begins.

Marine Hospital is established.

1861
East and West Martello Towers are constructed as additional fortifications.

1861-66
Key West is the only Southern City to remain in hands of Union throughout 
duration of War between the States.

1868
Sisters of Holy Names of Jesus and Mary arrive from Canada.

1869
Cuban migration to Key West begins.

1871
First Hall of San Carlos Instituto Patriotico y Docente is dedicated.

1876
First City Hall constructed.

1886
Fire destroys a large part of the city.

1898
Survivors and injured of the U. S. S. Maine are brought from Havana to Key West 
by U. S. Lighthouse Tender Mangrove.

First Spanish-American prize of war is brought into port.

1912
Overseas Railway is completed.

1926
Overseas Highway and Ferry System completed.

1930
Present United States Customhouse, Post Office, and Courthouse are completed.

1934
Rehabilitation of Key West, impoverished by severe depression, is begun by 
Florida Emergency Relief Administration.

1935
Florida East Coast Railway service to Key West is terminated after disastrous 
Labor Day hurricane strikes the keys to the north of Key West.

1938
Overseas Highway is completed.

1939
Government re-establishes Naval and Submarine Bases.

1940
Naval Air Base is opened at Trumbo Island.

Key West Yacht Club is organized.

More tourists visit Key West than during any previous year in the city's 
history, and bring about a partial business revival, but large reductions in 
the WPA work relief rolls halt economic recovery.



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