Tidbits of historical information can turn up in the most unexpected places. A treasured old Megchelsen family photo shows a group of 19 boys, carrying “guns” on their shoulders, a
1898: The bodies of five sailors, recovered from the Battleship Maine, which unk in Havana Harbor, were buried in the Maine Plot in the Key West City Cemetery.
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1847: The esteemed Key West coconut tree known as “Cocoa Nut” died, after having been damaged in the previous year’s hurricane. The tree had supposedly been planted by Commodore Porter
1837: Capt. Hiram Benner of the wrecking schooner United States reported at Indian Key that he had found a submerged, dismasted vessel near the Cape Florida lighthouse with a cargo