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by Jerry Wilkinson 100,000 BC - Wisconsin Ice Age began and sea levels dropped. 35,000 BC - Perhaps first human migration to North America 24,000 BC - Sea level at it lowest (outer and inner reefs exposed) and sea water begans to rise to present level. 8,000 BC - Perhaps first humans arrived in north Florida. The water has risen and the Keys are much as today. 3,000 BC - Pottery making in Florida-Georgia area 1,000 to 700AD - Dates given to many of the present Upper Keys Native American archaeological sites 1511 - Diego Columbus occupied Cuba 1513, April 2 - Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 1539 - Hernando de Soto landed near Tampa 1551 - Don Escalante Fontenada shipwrecked at age 13 1562 - French landed at Jacksonville 1600s - Keys Indians trading with Cuba 1607 - John Smith, Pocohontas and Jamestown 1620 - Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock 1620 - Cuba's population about 20,000 1622, Aug 6 - Hurricane sunk the Atocha, Rosario and Margarita. 1648 - Eleutherian Adventurers sailed to the Bahamas 1700 - Seminole Indians started arriving in north Florida 1733, July 14 - Spanish New Spain Amada Plate Fleet sank off Keys 1742 - British HMS Tyger sunk and survivors attacked by Spanish 1744, Feb. 5 - HMS Looe wrecked on 'La Pareda" (Looe Key) 1748 - HMS Fowey wrecked on Fowey Rocks 1763 - Florida became British territory and Spanish influenced the last major exodus of indigenous Indians 1776 - Revolutionary War - English East & West Florida were not part of the revolution. 1783 - Florida became Spanish territory again 1790 - Luis Fatio requested outpost Rodriguez & Tavernier Key 1805, March 3 - HMS Fly wrecked on Carysfort Reef 1814 - Francisco Ferreira given Spanish land grant for 'Marathon' 1815 - Juan Salas given Spanish land grant for 'Key West' 1817, June 15 - American merchantman Despatch wrecked on Carysfort Reef 1819 - Adams-Onis treaty made with Spain for Florida 1819 - Records of American fishing boats in Keys 1821, February 22 - U.S. ratified treat with Spain and Florida became U.S. property 1821, July - The Spanish flag was lowered and the American Flag raised at St. Augustine starting U.S. rule of Florida 1822, March 25 - Lt. Perry planted U.S. flag in Key West & USS Alligator wrecked 1822, March 28 - Lt. Perry sailed leaving Midshipman Joseph Moorehead & seaman Abslom Hobbs as the Navy's presence on the island 1822, March - A Mr. Heeming came from Mobile, AL to build the first house in Key West 1823, April - Commodore David Porter arrived at Key West and established Naval Station Key West 1823, July 3 - Monroe County formed as sixth county 1824 - Tallahassee chosen as state capital 1824 - Issac Cox purchased Key Vaca (Marathon) 1824 - Silas Fletcher built mariner's store on Indian Key 1826 - Capt. John Whalton's lightship Ceasar marked Carysfort reef 1828 - Key West incorporated. Population 421 (100 were fishermen) 1829, February - First Key West post office 1830 - First Florida federal census: Florida 54,477; Monroe County 688 1831 - Jacob Housman bought much of Indian Key 1832, April - John J. Audubon arrived at Indian Key aboard the revenue cutter 'Marion' to research local birds 1833, May 21 - Indian Key post office opened 1834 - Key West first fire department (Lafayette Fire Company) 1835, December - Beginning of Second Seminole War 1835 - Key West population 350 1836, Feb. 4 - Dade County created out of Monroe County 1837, June 26 - Capt. John Whalton and one crewman killed on Key Largo 1838 - Richard Russell family moved to Key Vaca 1840, August 7 - Indian Key Massacre 1842 - End of Second Seminole War 1842, August 4 - Armed Occupation Act 1844 - Marine Hospital built in Key West 1845, March 3 - Florida became a state under Governor William Mosely 1845, June - Construction of Fort Taylor began 1846, Oct. 11 - Severe hurricanes ravaged Key West. 1848, Feb. - Key West Marine Hospital established for mariners 1850 - Richard Pinder, Caroline and 2 sons farmed on Indian Key 1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patented making artificial ice 1852 - Carysfort lighthouse constructed and lighted 1853, March - KW 300 ton marine railroad tested satisfactory 1854 - Richard Russell moved family to Upper Matecumbe Key 1854, May - The first land owner of Key West, John Simonton, died in Washington, DC 1860 - Key West wealthest town per capitia 1861, Jan. 13 - Union Capt. Brannan secured Fort Taylor 1861, May - Key West has a special election for new non-confederate city officers 1861, August - No vessels could depart KW without an Oath of Allegence to the Union 1861 - Small railroad built between Ft Taylor and Martello Tower 1862, revised 1866 - Homestead Act 1865 - Dr. Samuel Mudd imprisoned at Fort Jefferson 1866 - Capt. Ben Baker farmed pineapples on Plantation Key. 1866 - Monroe County established its present boundaries 1868 - Large numbers of Cubans moved to Key West (Cuban Civil War) 1869, March - Dr. Samuel Mudd prisoner at Fort Jefferson pardoned and released 1869 - Vicente Ybor fled Cuba to Key West. 1870 - Key Largo Census about 60 people; probably at Lowesport, Planter, Newport, Basin Hills and High Mangrove Point 1870 - Josiah Wells became Florida's first black Congressman 1871, March - Benjamin Baker grew first commercial pineapples on Key Largo 1872 - Marcellus Williams surveyed Key Largo for the state. 1873 - Alligator Reef Lighthouse 1874 - Monroe County's first black sheriff, James Roberts 1876, April - The Fort Jefferson lighthouse was lit 1877 - First written record of a Key Largo School 1880 - Key West was largest city in Florida 1880, June 10 - Amos Lowe one of the first recorded Keys homesteads 1880, July - The lighthouse at American Shoal was lit. 1881 - Key West sent itinerate ministers to Upper Keys 1882 - Mary Ann Russell homesteaded 163 acres on Upper Matecumbe Key 1882 - Amos Lowe homesteaded 146 acres on southern Key Largo 1883 - Richard Pinder homesteaded 160 acres on Upper Matecumbe Key 1885 - Schooner Newport built at Key West 1885, March - The Florida census showed the KW population = 13,558 & a work force of 4,895 1886, April 1 - Fire started at San Carlos Hall and 50 building burned in the Great Fire of Key West 1886 - William Albury moved to Key Largo with son Beauregard 1887 - Lee County created out of Monroe County 1889, May - The Florida Legislature approved a new charter for the entire island to be City of Key West 1890 - Key West produced 100 million cigars in 64 factories 1890 - First ice plant in Key West (ice previously from northeastern states) 1891, Dec. 23 - Planter post office opened 1892, Feb. - Key West Customs collected $827,147,79 import duties 1892 - Jose Marti in control of all cigar labor unions 1894, March - Navy announced it will establish a 'coaling station' at Key West 1896, July 28 - Miami incorporated 1898 - USS Maine exploded at Havana (Spanish American War) 1899 - Electric street cars in Key West 1900, March - The Battleship Maine monument was dedicated at KW 1902 - Surveying began for a possible F.E.C. railroad to Key West. 1902, Feb. Board of Education requested early resignation of Sarah Ann Roberts because she had married 1903, March - Telegraph cable installed to Sand Key Weather equipment 1903, April - The Key West Coca-Cola bottling company started by Jose Piodella 1903 - Schooner Island Home built on Plantation Key 1905 - Construction started on Flagler Railway extension 1906 - Water froze in Tavernier, a major fish kill and the only known freezing in the Florida Keys. 1906, Feb. - Bridge completed between KW and Stock Island. 1906, March - Gov. Broward wrote sheriffs to enforce laws prohibiting taking sponges by dredging or diving 1906, October - Severe hurricane damaged railroad construction 1907 - Townsite of Islamorada platted 1908 - Scheduled rail service New York to Knight's Key 1908, June 1 - Islamorada post office opened 1908, September - Crainlyn Hotel on Grassy Key burned 1908, Dec - The FEC railroad called for 1,900 workers south of Knights Key after the work stoppage resolved. KWC 1908, Dec - The gulf Oil Co. spent a week looking for oil off of Key West - KWC 1908, Dec - TheMoCo Taxpayers Assoc oppposed building $1M Boot Key bridge. 1909, Feb - There were three moving picture showing in KW - KWC 1909, Oct. 11 - Severe hurricane struck the Keys 1910, Oct. 17 - Severe hurricane struck Lower Keys 1911, March 9 - Tavernier post office opened 1912, Jan. 22 - Henry Flagler traveled to Key West on the Rambler. 1912, Feb. 8 - Jewfish post office opened 1912, June - Capt. Charlie Thompson harpooned a 38 foot, 26,594 pound whale shark off Pigeon Key 1913, May 13 - Henry Flagler died in Palm Beach 1913, May 16 - Domingo Rosillo flew from Trumbo Point to Cuba 1917, Feb. - The Polk Key West directory listed 18 coffee shops, 41 cigar factories 1917, July - Groundbreaking for the Naval Air Station on Trumbo Point on land rented from the FEC railroad. 1919, September 10 - Severe hurricane damaged Key West 1920s - The Florida Land Boom 1920 - U.S. census-Rock Harbor 131; Tavernier 91; Plantation Key 53; Islamorada 180 1921, May 31 - Jewfish post office changed name to Key Largo 1824, Feb. - Key West KKK put on huge ceremony 1925, Feb.- Sec. of Commerce Herbert Hoover and part visited KW 1925 - First Key Largo subdivision 1926, Sept. 18 - Miami hurricane damages Upper Keys highway construction 1926, Lena Johnson was the first woman elected to be elected for public office in KW 1927 - Pirates Cove Fishing Camp opened by Irvin Wright 1927, June - The section of highway between Key West and Big Pine Key was opened. 1927, June - The salary for a county commissioner was increased from $100 to $150 a month by the state 1928, January 25 - The official Overseas Highway via Card Sound with ferries opened to/from Key West 1928, April - Pauline & Ernest Hemmingway arrived for the first time at Key West 1929, Feb. - U.S. Navy tested Monsen Lung near Smith Shoals for escape 1929, March - The state assume maintenance of the OSH 1930 - Roland Craig leased land to start Craig, Florida 1931, Feb - OSH ferry service to Key Vaca began 1931 - Huge train of 134 freight cars of Cuban pineapples shipped. 1932 - Tavernier drug store completed in Tavernier 1932 - Roney Investment Company bought Angler's Club as part of the Florida Year Round Club 1933, Feb. - The Key West Aquarium was dedicated 1934 - F.E.R.A. started WW-I veterans camps in Upper Keys to build a highway to replace the ferryboats 1934, May - Reportedly a temperature inversion allowed Havana to be seen from Key West at 6:00 p.m. 1934, July 1 - Key West bankrupt. Asked state to take over 1935, April - Joseph "Sloppy Joe" Russell moved his bar from Greene Stt. to Duval St. 1935, Sept. 2 - Labor Day Hurricane struck the Upper Keys 1936, May - Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt approved load of $3.6 million for the Overseas Highway 1936, June - Bernie Papy elected as the Monroe County State Representative 1937, June - The Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission was created by Florida Legislature 1937, November14 - Hurricane Monument dedicated in Islamorada 1937 - Marathon Chamber of Commerce formed 1938, March 28 unofficial, July 2 official - Overseas Highway via Card Sound completed to Key West 1938, July 2 - The Overseas Highway was officially opened at a Bahia Honda Bridge ceremony 1939, Feb. - President F.D. Roosevelt toured OSH and Inspected KW Naval station 1939, July - The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) established a work camp on West Summerland Key. 1940 - Karl von Cosel arrested "illegally exhuming a body" in Key West 1940, May - R.W. Craig won a runoff election for commiddioner of District 5 1941, June - A planned Marathon airport was placed on a list to be surveyed for construction 1942, April - The freighter 'Benwood' collided with the tanker 'Robert C. Tuttle' off of Pennekamp Park 1942 - Water pipeline and electricity throughout the Keys 1942, June - The only German U-boat (U-157) in So. Florida was sunk by the CG Cutter Thetis off the Marquesas Islands 1942, July - German sub U-571 sank the merchant ship Umatata near Fowery Rocks in the Upper Keys and the merchant ship Nickolas Cuneo off of Key West 1943 - US Navy took over Boca Chica from Army. 1943, Feb.- U.S. Marine Hospital closed at Key West 1943, April - German U-Boat # 155 sank the American merchant ship 'Gulf State' off the Middle Keys 1943, June - The US submarine R-12 sank in training off of Key West with 42 dead 1943, July - The U.S. Naval Blimp K-74 was shot down off of Marathon by German sub U-134 1944 - Jewfish Creek drawbridge and 18-mile stretch opened-still in use 1944, July 2 - Gov. Spessard Holland dedicared the newly shortened Overseas Highway needed to support the war effort 1945, December - Marathon Chamber of Commerce incorporated 1946, March - Stephen Cochran Singleton retired as KW Chamber of Commerce manager 1946 - Big Pine Inn closed. 1947, May 29 - The Upper Keys Chamber of Commerce organized. 1949, Feb. - Rebuilding of Little White House completed at cost of $60,000. 1950 - The "pink gold" shrimp industry well established in Key West 1950 - Hurricanes began to be given names 1950 - Grace Tauck set American record bonefish 12 lbs 14 1/2 ozs. 1950, March - New Big Pine Key prison camp open for public inspection 1950, May - The Monroe County census revealed the pop. = 29,957 of which 26,433 lived in Key West 1951 - a Florida Highway Patrol station built in Marathon 1951, March - The Florida Hotel Commissioner reported M.C. had 924 motel and 738 hotel rooms 1951, April - Marathon began preparation to incorporate (It failed) . Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR, bought 1 1/2 acres at Marathon. Also, a Cuban airliner with 39 aboard and a Navy SNB 5 trainer aircraft collided off of South Beach at Key West.with no survivors 1952, June 1 - Rock Harbor post office renamed Key Largo 1952 - Marathon volunteer fire department organized 1952, Feb. - Southern Bell Telephone began installing a new dial telephone at KW 1952, April - The first families moved into military housing at Peary Court and Sigsbee Park 1952, August - Dr. Count Von Cosel (Karl Tanzler) died at Zepherhills, FL at age 76. He left Key West in April 1941 1953, Feb. Ex-President Herbert Hoover spent 10-day fishing vacation at Key Largo 1953, Feb. - The Islander Drive-In theater opened at Stock Island 1953, Feb. 19 - Florida Keys Keynoter founded 1953, March - The plan for the protection of the Florida Keys deer was agreed upon in Washington with Rep. Bill Lantaff 1953, April - Unofficial Stock Island bordello 'Mom's Tea Room' closed on Stock Island under pressure by the Navy. The filming of the movie "Beneath the 12 Mile Reef" arrived at its hqs of the Casa Marina. 1953 - First class graduated from Coral Shores High School 1953, March - City Electric power line to Big Pine Key energized for first time 1953, July - A wildcat oil well was tested on Upper Key Largo by the Harry Morgan Company 1954 - Big Pine Inn reopened by Al Laughlin. 1954, March - The Sec. of Interior announced that 271,000 acres was deeded for the Everglades National Park 1954 - Road tolls removed from Overseas Highway 1954, March- Six U.S. Navy men were killed when two heliocopters collided over Fleming Key 1955 - Key Deer Refuge established 1955, March - the Gulf Oil Co. announced it would drill a test well northwest of Marathon 1955, March - A fire damaged the Caribean Club on Key Largo killing Miss. Jo Selby of Miami 1955, April - Southern Bell Co. installed dial telephones with prefixes 292 and 296 1955 - Construction of Venetian Shores subdivision began 1955 - Marathon incorporation vote failed 1956 - Ocean Reef Airport opened 1957, Feb. - Ex-Pres. Harry Truman visited KW for first time since being president. 1957 - Congress creates National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key 1957 - New fire fighting equipment purchased for the Upper Keys 1958, May - Shooting of the movie "Secret Cargo" began at Art McKee's Treasure Harbor on Plantation Key 1958, June - The Audubon house in Key West was purchased by the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation KWC 1958, July - The Fla State Attorney General ruled that the chair of the Anti-mosquito districr would be appointed by the Governor. 1958, Sept - The 4-lane bypass with MoCo first clover leaf to Boca Chica Naval base was completed. KWC 1958, Sept - The Anti-Mosquito district urged increasing taxes to buy new equipment - KWC 1958, Sept - The MoCo BOCC passed budget with no increase in millage rate (Development was increasing) 1858, Sept - MoCo School Board reported Black students at Douglas School 602, Grace Jones 29 and Burlington (KL) 15. KWC 1958, Dec - MoCo estimated population was 46,300 by U of F. - KWC 1958, Nov - The Grassy Key Poultry Supply Co. received it first supply of 5,000 hens. 1959, Jan - The SRD announced work beginning on the Boot Key bridge at Marathon - KWC 1959, Jan - Comm. Harry Harris said the the SRD agreed to raise the Key Largo Canal bridge four feet - KWC 1959, Feb - MoCo accepted deed for Marathon air strip. KWC 1959, Feb - The SW Museum of No. American Indian opened iat Marathon- KWC 1959, March- Johnny Anderson caught a Fla. lobster measuring 3', 2" wrighing 7.75 pounds - KWC 1959, March - The Navy made its last operational flight with an 'airship' (blimp) from KW to Glynco, GA - KWC 1959, June - The county was presented title for the new library at 700 Fleming Street. 1959, Oct. 2 - First issue of Florida Keys Sun weekly newspaper 1959, Nov. 13 - A and B Grocery of Islamorada closed. 1960 - Governor Collins dedicated John Pennekamp State Park 1960, March - Ex-president Harry Truman visits Upper Keys 1960, April 1 - Tobacco Road Building Materials opened in old Rock Harbor school building 1960, April - Angus Boatwright boat Muriel III stolen and Angus killed. 1960, Sept. 9-10 - Hurricane Donna 1961, Jan. 13 - Digging started again on Cross Keys Waterway (Cut) 1961, March 19 - Matecumbe prefix is 664 1961, March 3 - Dedication of Key Largo Waterway (Cut) 1961, March - The beach on So. Roosevelt was named Smathers Beach (Sen. George Smathers) 1961, July 8 - Rural mail delivery started 1961, Nov. 30 - Twice weekly delivery of Keynoter started 1962 - Missile sites built for the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, May - 420 Navy housing duplex units were being occupied at Sigsbee Island 1962, May - Hilario "Charlie" Ramos won the State Representative over Bernie Papy after 28 years in the position. 1963, Feb. 1 - BOCC met outside of Key West at Tavernier, but could not conduct business 1963, March - The Oldest Bar & Cistern Room on Greene St. first know bar for the "gay." 1963, March - The Hemingway house on Whitehead Street bought by Bernice Daniel 1963, April - Two Key West Citizen reporters found nine Cubans at a secret training camp on No Name Key 1963, July 1 - ZIP codes in effect 1963 Filming began in KW for the movie 'Man in the Water, with Mark Stevens by the Key West Film Co. 1963, Sept. 17 - Layton incorporated 1963 - Marvin D. Adams Waterway completed 1963, December 5 - Two Beechcraft mosquito planes arrived Marathon 1964, March - Army COE awarded contract to build Nike Hercules site at Key Largo 1964, March 19 - Ex-president Truman and wife 3-week vacation at Duck Key 1964, March - A Cuban Soviet-built helicopter was hijacked and landed undetected at the Key West airport 1964, May - The Key West made movie "Escape From Hell Island" premiered at San Carlos. 1965, May - The main Key West port channel was dredged to 35 feet of depth 1965, June 21 - The Key West Garrison Bight causeway was opened. 1964, August - Islandia road dropped from plan - the community continues 1965, August - Burlington School closed, desegradation completed 1965, Sept. 7/8 - Hurricane Betsy 1965, Sept. 30 - US 1 4-laning began in Tavernier 1966, April - County considered funds for Lignum Vitae causeway !966, July - Groundbreaking for the FKAA world's largest seawater conversion (RO) plant at Stock Island. 1966, July 28 - George Albury Red Cross hurricane house on Plantation Key was razed 1966, Oct 4 - Hurricane Inez ran length of Keys 1967, March 10 - Plantation Key, Marathon & KW sub-courthouses dedicated 1967, June - Baseball's Ted Williams won the Islamorada Gold Cup Tarpon Tournament 1967, Oct. 15 - Jewfish bridge tenders house torn down 1968 - A new bridge between Big Pine Key and No Name Key opened 1968, April - Narional Air Lines made the first jet landing at Key West Intl. airport 1968, Nov. 28 - State eyed Indian Key for $250,000 1969, July 2 - New Card Sound Bridge dedicated and opened 1969, July - Big Pine Key post office opened 1969, Oct. 1 - Long Key State Park dedicated 1969, December - DC-3 aircraft added to mosquito control 1970, May 12 - Cock fighting approved on N. Key Largo as long as no gambling 1970, Oct. 19 - Governor's award to Jerry Ellis and Sandy Sprunt 1971 - Florida bought Indian, Sand and Lignum Vitae Keys as future State Park sites. 1972 - Port Largo airport opened and the old Monroe County Hospital on Stock Island begion conversion for the offices of Monroe County. 1973, October 17 - Key West Submarine base closed 1974, March - Key West Naval Station closed ending 151 years of operation 1975, April 15 - Keys proclaimed an Area Of Critical State Concern 1975, Feb - New world record 'tarpon' caught by Gus Bell 1976, Feb - Rep. William Freeman filed bill outlawing taking of marine corals. 1976, April - Telephone number 911 installed throughout Monroe County 1976, July 7 - Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys incorporated 1976, Feb. - Monroe County approved pay raises for 16 of its 300 on the payroll 1976, April - Convicted Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto reported missing (No trace found) 1976, August 7 - First Indian Key Festival 1976, Dec - KW took over the Key West Golf Course - KWC 1977, Jan. 15 - Historical Society placed a railroad plaque on Indian Key Fill 1977 - Congress appropriated $109 million for bridges. 1978 - Big Pine Inn burned 1978, March - Wm. E.P. Roberts hired as first County Administrator at $30,000/yr. 1978, April - Former President Richard Nixon and wife 'Pat" stayed at the Ocean Reef Club 1978, July - Ground breaking for a new Monroe County Mosquito Control administration building on Stock Island 1978, October - The first 'Fanasty Fest' parade in Key West (26 floats) 1978-1983 - New Overseas Highway built ($109 million) 1972, March - A Lawrence Gomez announced that he would not submit a 3,000 name petition to abolish the city of KW 1980, April - A large fleet of private and commercial boats left Key West for Muriel for refugees and Gov. Graham ordered the Florida National Guard to Key West to assist the handling of Cuban refugees.. 1980, May - "Freedom Flotilla" Cuban refugees now exceeds 74,000. A total of 625 boats had been seized bringing in refugees. 1980, June - Key West and the county requested federal tourism assistance as the flow of Cuban refugees had cut tourism in half. 1981, March - Truck with backhoe struck 7-Mile Bridge propane tank killing bridgetender 1981 - Replacing the old 18" water pipeline with new 36"/24" pipe 1982, April - The last concrete span of the 7-mile bridge was put in place 1982, April 20 - Feds established checkpoint for illegial aliens 1982, April 22 - Key West seceded from the nation with a mock ceremony thus creating the Conch Republic 1982, Sept. 20 - New Marathon Library dedicated 1982, Nov - Alison Fahrer defeated Henry Rosenthal by one vote for county commissioner Dist 4 1983, April 12 - Groundbreaking for TV translator system 1983, June 20 - A tornado hit Lower Sugarloaf Key 1983, Oct. 25 - The 'Red Caboose' arrived Islamorada 1983, Nov. 22 - The TV translator on the air, but with problems 1984, November - Big Pine Key got its own traffic light 1984, June - 300 acres were transferred to Port Bouganvillea/Garden Cove Key Largo resort project for $35 million. 1985, July - Mel Fisher found the Atocha 1986, March - KW approved sewer plant on 10-acres Fleming Key 1989, June - The Key West Citizen changed from an afternoon to a morning newspaper 1992, June - The Turtle Hospital at Marathon was dedicated 1992, Aug. 24 - Hurricane Andrew came ashore at Cutler Ridge in Dade County 1994, Feb. - Sheriff moves inmates from Fleming Street jail to Stock Island 1995, Feb. - KW- DOD announced changing name of Naval Air Station to Naval Air Facility 1996, March - M.C. voted 2 to 1 against the translator for free TV 1996, March - Five people were killed in the crash of a seaplane taking off of Sigsbee basin 1998, January. 25 - Islamorada Incorporated 1998, Sept. 25 - Hurricane Georges 1998, Oct. 4 - Tropical Storm Mitch tornados 1999. Feb - New Mariner's Hospital opened at Tavernier 1999, October 15 - Hurricane Irene Return to General Keys History |