The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
Miami News Carries Story
Depicting Key West Scenes

Il Instead of calendars. placards
and decorations Of somewhat dubi-
Gus charm, you find mural paint
ings, executed by artists Of first
rate skill and standing, on the
walls of the restaurants night cubs
and cafes.
+ Last Thursday / visited the
only tropical open-air aquarium IN
the world the tanks are light
ed hy the rays Of the sun, and you
walk around a handsome spacious
patio as you observe the delicately
tinted inhabitants with al their
colors glowing and sparkling
these are strange and lovely crea-
lures, indeed, from the fabulous
unicorn-fish to the jaunty SER
geant-major, the exquisite parrot
fish, the French angelf.sh with
tevery scale tipped with gold, the
surgeon fish with his spine as
sharp as seapel, the g.oomy toad
Fish and batfish, the ewelling fish
putting himself up like an operate
tenor; the butterfly and blue tang
and pudding-wife, and the incred-
iible family of porcupine fish, which
must be seen to be believed, and
are hardy credible then -. some
.are uproariously comic, like the
bpigeon fish, or exquisitely beauti-
& full lie the rainbov3 and angels
but all of them are fascinat ;ng.
and no one on this little Jump OF
coral in the midst of the sea would
deny that these. the most ancient
Inhabitants of all, put on the great
| est and finest show in town.
{ 'In the afternoons the town il
quiet, and the little horses seem
Easleep; their shutters are closed
against the sun, and the citizens
take their siesta brit with the
coming of evening, after the
Tsp, endid fires of sunset grow pale,
Ethe toxin stirs and comes to life
an the negro quarters rich anc
HUSKY voices break OFT in song
people stream to'Tards the cafes
.and idiing groups loiter along Du.
val street the parading seems
Ito be done between the Monroe
theater and Eaton street on Du.
fval especially Saturday nights
afte.. Kress' closes and on Sunday
nights Immediately after the eve
ming church services are Ger =.
everyone seems to be in a very
jovial mood so much for that
:. inquir.ng around pick up the
following information that Ito be
trutnful) some of the residents OF
/ Key West, are not up on . In
/ 1915 Key West, then known as
Cayo Hueso (Bone Key), wa
awarded Juan Pablo Sala by Dor
! Juan de Estrada, Governor OF
Florida, for meritorious service to
the crown of Spain.
''In 1921 Key West was pur-
chased from Juan Pablo Salas by
John w. Simonton for $4,000
! THAT is where Simonton street
pgets its name; 1922, Lieutenant
] M. c. Perry took possession of the
/ island as part of the territory OF
florida ceded by Spain in 1921
naval station was established
under Commodore David Porter
/ pirates infested this region routed
! away; 1924, United States marines
stationed at Key West; barracks
erected; 1929, first postoffice es
tablished, first newspaper estab'
lished; 1881, army barracks con
Estructed, first cigar factory in the
United States established by Viii
| liam H. Wall; 1882. first church
/ established; 1845, bui' ding of For
/ Taylor begun, marine hospital con
I structed; 1861, east and west Mar
tello towers begun as additiona
coast defense; Fort Taylor garri
soned by union troops; 1869
flight to Key West by Cuban pa
triots; 1875, foundation laid fol
the Convent of Mary Immaculate
1898, Spanish American War, frs
prize taken in Key West harbor
/ 1912, Overseas railway complet
ed; 1884. beginning of rehabilita
ton by the FERA; 1885, Septem
Der 2. Labor Day hurricane iso
lates the little coral island by de
molishing the Florida East Coas
facilities to that city . ever since
then Key West has been at dis
advantage with the rest of tht
state of Florida but possessing
the temerity and intestinal forti
tude that it takes to get some
where, the inhabitants and off
icials have put shoulder to shouldel
and are coming out of one of tn,
worst catastrophies that couli
strike any community.
| 81 have been informed by resi-
dents of that city that stranger
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