20 Years ago

[Ratickle]

That was one heck of a find!!!!

 

[Ratickle]

That one was worth a chunk!

The estimated $450 million cache recovered, known as "The Atocha Motherlode," included 40 tons of gold and silver;

 

[Bobcat]

1955 Hundreds of persons in Key West and from Central Florida to Cuba saw a large meteor flash across the sky at 7:30 p.m. A number of people had the first impression that it was an A-bomb explosion.

 

[Bobcat]

ON THIS DAY IN:






1829 A duel was fought between Charles E. Hawkins of the Mexican Navy and William Allison McRea, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Four shots were exchanged. Mr. Hawkins was wounded in the wrist and Mr. McRea was hit in the thigh. The cause of the duel was that Hawkins had seen McRea leaving his wife's bedroom via the window.

 

[Bobcat]

1947 President Harry Truman signed the authorization permitting the Cuban airline Aerovias Q to operate daily flights between Key West and Havana.

 

[Ratickle]

That's kinda cool.

 

[Bobcat]

1976 Former Key West Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto was found guilty on three drug violations and faced a maximum of 31 years in prison.

 

[Bobcat]

1828David H. Porter, commanding officer of the Mexican Navy ship Guerrero, was killed in a battle with the Spanish ship Lealtad while sailing to Key West to join his uncle Commodore David Porter's Mexican Navy Fleet in Key West. After Commodore David Porter left the Navy, he was hired to establish a navy for the new country of Mexico. He was using Key West as a base to attack the Spanish shipping lanes around Cuba.

 

[Bobcat]

1969 Ranger Jim Markette, in charge of the Fort Jefferson National Monument, spent some of his spare time fishing and made some remarkable catches. His most memorable was the largest Jewfish (Goliath grouper) ever recorded. Using a rope with an 8-pound fish for bait and a small tractor, he was able to land one that weighed over 850 pounds.

 

[Ratickle]

1969 Ranger Jim Markette, in charge of the Fort Jefferson National Monument, spent some of his spare time fishing and made some remarkable catches. His most memorable was the largest Jewfish (Goliath grouper) ever recorded. Using a rope with an 8-pound fish for bait and a small tractor, he was able to land one that weighed over 850 pounds.

Worthless without pictures!!!!!

 

[Bobcat]

1981 A backhoe loaded on a truck crossing the Seven Mile Bridge hit the overhead bridge tender's shack, rupturing a 1,000-gallon propane tank, causing a fire that killed the bridge tender, Peter C. Fancher, and destroyed the swing bridge mechanisms. The bridge was closed for 22 hours; the swing bridge was never fixed and removed when the new Seven Mile Bridge opened.

1906 A group of men in a small boat in Jewfish Channel killed a 8-foot-long seal that weighed about 800 pounds.

 

[old377guy]

1906 A group of men in a small boat in Jewfish Channel killed a 8-foot-long seal that weighed about 800 pounds.[/QUOTE]

musta been from seal team 11

 

[Bobcat]

They ate all of the Caribbean seals by 1958...

 

[Bobcat]

1917 Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, won the Express Cruiser Speedboat Race from Miami. His boat, the Shadow II, took six hours and 17 minutes to cover the 161 miles. Five boats started the race but only two finished.

 

[Ratickle]

1917 Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, won the Express Cruiser Speedboat Race from Miami. His boat, the Shadow II, took six hours and 17 minutes to cover the 161 miles. Five boats started the race but only two finished.

Looks like there were several races over the three days....

 

[Bobcat]

1904 Key West police Officer Clarence K. Till was killed in a shootout with Dutchy Melbourne. Till had answered a call about a disturbance at a coffee shop on White Street that was caused by Melbourne and his gang.

 

[h2oMag]

1981 A backhoe loaded on a truck crossing the Seven Mile Bridge hit the overhead bridge tender's shack, rupturing a 1,000-gallon propane tank, causing a fire that killed the bridge tender, Peter C. Fancher, and destroyed the swing bridge mechanisms. The bridge was closed for 22 hours; the swing bridge was never fixed and removed when the new Seven Mile Bridge opened.

1906 A group of men in a small boat in Jewfish Channel killed a 8-foot-long seal that weighed about 800 pounds.

I was in Key West when that happened staying at the Southern Most hotel. The thing the hotel was most worried about, running out of toilet paper ?????? :willy_nilly: We were told to use it wisely......:rofl:

 

[Ratickle]

Good thing it was only 22 hours I guess.......

 

[Bobcat]

This one made me chuckle..

1985 Earl R. Adams, 82-year-old former clerk of circuit court and The Key West Citizen history columnist, was honored in Orlando with the Timex "You're Still Ticking Award."

 

[old377guy]

1985 Earl R. Adams, 82-year-old former clerk of circuit court and The Key West Citizen history columnist, was honored in Orlando with the Timex "You're Still Ticking Award."[/QUOTE]
I wonder if " takes a licking" is part of the award document....just sayin.........?