1730: The Birch Galley, sailing from Jamaica to Bristol, was boarded by the crew of a Havana ship and taken to one of the Florida Keys. There, the Spaniards held
1845: Wreckers were at work salvaging the cargo of the ship Rizeni, aground on the reef near Rodriguez Key. The Rizeni, bound from New York to New Orleans with assorted
1856: No rain had fallen at Key West for two months, and cistern water was rapidly diminishing. The dry weather was promising for a good salt crop, though, and if