1902: Nearly a dozen Key West-based sponging vessels were seized by British authorities for interloping and illegally gathering sponges on the Bahama Banks. They were turned over to U.S. authorities
1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 5:40 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 9 A.M. barometer 29.46, wind northeast 3, clouds 3. The