The Florida Keys Key West wreckers at work. Photo credit: Monroe County Library. Reprinted from the “Putnam’s Monthly.” Vol. VII, December 1856, No. XLVIII. “The Florida Keys.” The labors of an insignificant insect have dotted the sea, around the southernmost portion of our republic, with coral islands, or keys, of all dimensions,
Dope Den on Duval Street. The Jefferson Hotel in the 100 block of Duval Street. Photo credit: Monroe County Library. Following letters are from the Scott De Wolfe collection and were transcribed by Mary Haffenreffer. They include letters from Mrs. Gray L. O’Brien, also known as Mrs. W.D. Cantrell, writing to her
Sergeant Calvin Shedd at Fort Jefferson Fort Jefferson in 1861. Photo credit: Harpers Weekly of February 23,1861. Calvin Shedd was a carpenter turned soldier from Enfield, New Hampshire who served in the Union Army from 1861-63. As a first sergeant and later a second lieutenant with the 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment,
