The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-03
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HISTORY.
1s5A grant covering Key West all Florida
given to Juan saas by Don Juan de Estrada the then
Spanish Governor of Florida
Is22Juan saas Key West to John W.
ton for the of $4,000
America purchased Florida from
Spain and Lieutenant Perry planted the American flag
1s45-The Florida was admitted to the Union
lsso-During the Civil Key the headquarters
of the Union Blockade fleet The Union forces held the
fort and the City, the citizens although
crate sympathes, forced remain under Union adj
ministration.
ls74The cigar industry by fleeing
Spanish oppression
of the town was destroyed by
fire.
Isss-Key by the American At
lanc Fleet during the Spanish American War.
ieI2The Florida East Coast Railroad the Keys Key
West was completed
Marina Hotel the best hotel of the Florida East
Coast Railroad system and of the finest hotels in
cLmATEThe temperature between rs degrees Win
ter and So degrees in Summer (Average) is
the only place in Florida which never been
touched by frost 1t is 375 miles farther south
than Cairo, Egypt, but has delightful and health
full climate, there being very little sickness.
GEoGRAPY-Key gateway to the Panama Canal
Zone Central and South America, Cuba and the
West Indies. 1t is fortyeght hours from New
York by rail. Havana be reached n five
hours by boat and in forty-five minutes by air.
1t is expected be the future port entry
South America Central America and the West
MIILTARY-The Army maintains Coast Artil
lery Station Key West during the World
War it also used IN Airplane base. / is
called the "Gibraltar of America" it controls
the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico
NAvALThe United States Navy maintains Navy Yard
Key West well submarine base. There
also coaling station, fuel oil station and of the
largest radio stations in the world The United States
Marine Corps also has station at Key West.
NDusTRIEs-Thc chief industries cigar making
ca fishing fishing and shipping
NOTES.-The leading hotels the Marina
operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad Com
pany, the La Coneha modern fire-proof hotel, the
Oversee Commercial Hotel and the jefferson Com
merca Hotel.
cIyIcGood Schools Churches Fire Police Protection
of Departments in Untod States.
Paved City Parks. Municipal Course.
| NEwsPApERs-The Morning Call The Key West Citizen.
to and from New York and intermediate points.
Railroad Car ferries ply between Key West and
Havana 1t expected that Seaboard Air
Line will construct a railroad into Key West. thus
assuring direct communication with the West Coast
OF Florida the Gulf Ports and the Central states
STEAMSIilPS-The Mallory Line New York Galveston.
The Peninsuar & Occidental Steamship Com
| pany to Tampa and Havana. The Gulf South
Steamship Company to Miami and New O.
1 leans.
Observation-Disclosures colored water. Wonderful
/ Yachting. Best fishing in Florida. Golf
/ and Tennis Bathing the round Coun-
| try Club tander eonstruction1 The Over
1 Sea Highway the Keys, connecting Key
/ West with the mainland, viii be the most i
remarkable highway in the South when
/ completed
ADVANTAGES. Tropical climate. The Oversee High
way under construction, paraleing the
1 Florida East Coast Railroad the Keys viii
1 permit through automobile travel from New
/ York to Key West and. with the car ferry sery-
L ice, practically through travel from Canada
| and any point n the United States to Havana.
/ B. Fresh water TO be piped in. This improve.
1 has fayorabT acted upon By the
1 Florida Legislature 4 There
/ developments the intermediate Keys. Most
of the Keys being purchased in their entirety
1 nd being converted into beautiful estates
4 8 Key West is the County scat Of Monroe
4 County. 6. Considerable constructions il