The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-02
KEY WEST

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HISTORY
grant covering Key and all the Florida Keys was
to Juan salas by Don de Estrada, the then
Spanish Governor of Florida
Island of Key West to John w Simon
ton for the of $4,000
ls22--he United purchased Florida from
Spain and Lieutenant Perry planted the American flag
in Key West
Is4s-The State os Florida Union.
of the Union Blockade fleet The Union
fort and the City, and the citizens although of Csnfed
crate sympathies, forced remain Union
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ls74The cigar industry established by Cubans fleeing
Spanish oppression.
isssTe entire business section of destroyed by
ne'
lsss-Kcy by the American At
lantic Fleet during the SpanishAmercan War.
Florida East Coast Railroad over the KEYS to Kew
West completed.
Hotel the best hotel of East
Coast Railroad system and of the finest hotels
Florida opened
cLMATEThe temperature ranges between rs degrees in Win
ter and SIS degrees (Average). 1t is
the only place in Florida which has never been
touched by. frost 1t is 375 miles farther south
than Cairo, Egypt but has delightful health
GEoGRAPlY-Key West is gateway Panama Canal
Zone, Central and South America Cuba nd the II
West Indies 1t forty-eight hours from New
York by rail. Havana be reached in five Il
hours By boat and in forty-fye minutes by
It is expected o be the port of entry from
South America, Central America and the West
MlLlTARY-The United States Army maintains Coast Artl-
lery Station at Key West and during the World
War it also used Airplane base. II
called the Gibraltar of America" controls n
the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico.
NAvAL-The United States Navy Navy Yard at
Key West well a submarine are
also coang station, fuel oil station and the
largest radio stations in the world The
Marine Corps also has a station at Key West.
INDUsTRlEs-The chief industries cigar making, CONNER
cial fishing, fishing and shipping.
9oTELs-The leading hotels Marina and
operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad Com
pany, the La Concha, modern freproof hotel, the
Oversee Commercial Hotel and the jefferson Com
mercial Hotel.
cvIC-Good Churches and Police Protection
bestF Departments in the United States
Paved Streets Good City Parks Municipal Golf
NEWspAPERs-The Morning Call The Key West Citizen.
to and from NewsYork and intermediate points
Railroad Car ferries ply between Key West and Il
Havana. 1t expected that the scaboard Air h
Line viii construct railroad into Key West, thus
assuring direct communication with the West Coast
OIL florda, the Gulf Forts ana the Centrat States
STEAMSHlPSThe Mallory Line to New York and Galveston
The Peninsuar & Occidental Steamship Com
pany to Tampa and Havana. The Gulf South
Steamship Company to Miami and New Or
leans
Observation-Disclosures coored water Wonderful
Yachting. fishing Florida. Golf Il
and Tennis Bathing the year round. Coun-
try Club (under constructonl. The Over
Sea Highway the Keys connecting Key
West with the mainland, will be the most /
remarkable highway in the South when
completed.
ADVANTAGES. Tropical climate 2. The Oversee High
way under construction, parallcling The
Florida Coast Railroad the Keys will
permit through automobile travel from New
York to Key Wezt and. with the ferry
ice, practically through travel from Canada
and any point in the United States to Havana.
g. Fresh to be piped IN This improve 1
has fayorabIT acted upon By the ]
Florida Legislature. s. There many ]
developments on the intermediate Keys Most :
of the Keys areb being purchased in their entirety
and are being converted INFO beautiful estates. I
s. Key is the County ef Monroe 1