The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-01
KEY WEST

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1sIs-A grant covering Florida
given Juan Saas by Don Estrada, the then
Spanish Governor of Florida
s22Juan Saas sold the of Key West to John W. Simon
ton for the of $4,000
United States of America purchased Florida
Spain Lieutenant Perry planted American flag
in Key West
is4s-The State os Florida admitted Union.
Blockade fleet The Union held the
fort the City, and the citizens although of Csnfed
crate synpathies forced to remain under Union ad
ministration
cigar industry by fleeing
spanish oppression.
business destroyed by
IRE.
1sss-Key by American At
antic Fleet during the Spanish American War;
Florida Railroad over the Keys to Key
West completed.
HOTEL the best hotel of the Florida East
Coast Railroad system of finest hotels in
Florida opened sass
cLIMATE-The temperature rs degrees in Win
ter and IS degrees in Summer (Averagee It is
the only place in Florida which has never been
touched by frost. 1t is s75 miles farther south
than Cairo, Egypt but has delightful health
full climate, there being very little sickness.
GEoGRAPIY-Key West gateway to the Panama Canal
Zone, Central and South America, and
West Indies 1t is forty-eight hours from New
York by rail. Havana be reached in five
hours by boat and in fory-five minutes by air.
1t is expected to be the future port oil entry from
South America, Central America and the West
Indies
MLiTARY-The United States Army Coast Arti
lery Station at Key West during World
War it was also used Aipane base 1t is
called the Gibraltar of America" al controls
the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. sc
NAvAL-The United States Navy maintains Navy
Key West well submarine base There
also eoaing station. fuel oil station and one Of the
largest radio stations in the world The United States
Marine Corps also has a station at Key West
NDusTRIEs-The cigar making CONNER
cial fishing, sponge fishing and shipping.
HoTELs-The leading hotels are the Casa Marina built and
operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad Com
pany the La Concha, modern freproof hotel the
Oversee Commercial Hotel jefferson Com
mercial Hotel.
cIvIc-Good Schools Protection
of the Departments in the United States
Paved Streets Good City Parks Municipal Golf Course
NEwspAPERs-The Morning Call. The Key West Citizen.
RAILRoADs-The Florida operates
to and from New York and intermediate points.
Railroad Car ferries ply between Key West and
Havana. 1t is expected that the Seaboard Air
Line will construct a railroad into Key West thus
assuring direct communication with the Coast /
of Florida, the Gulf Ports and the Central States.
sTEAMSHIPS-The Mallory Line to New York Galveston
The Peninsuar 6 Occidental Steamship Com
pany to Tampa and Havana The Gulf South
Steamship Company to Miami and New Or
leans.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eolored water. Wonderful
Yachting Best fishing in Florida Golf
and Tennis. Bathing the year round. Coun-
try Club (under consruction). The Over
Sea Highway the Keys. connecting Key /
West with the mainland, viii be the most
remarkable highway in the South when
completed.
ADVANTAGES. Tropical climate The Oversee High
way, under construction, paraileling the
Florida Railroad the Keys viii
permit automobile travel from New
York to Key West and with the ferry sery-
ice practically through travel from Canada
and any point in the United States 10 Havana
q. Fresh be ppcd IN This mprdNs
been favorabI7 acted upon by the
Florida legislature. 4. There new