The Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal is published quarterly. Subscription is available through membership. membership@keywestmaritime.org
Copyright 2006 by the Key West Maritime Historical Society of the Florida Keys, Inc.
The art on the masthead, the USS Shark, was drawn by Bill Muir.
Editor: Lynda Hambright
Production: Tom Hambright
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Editor, Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal, KWMHS
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Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal VOL. 25 NO. 2 WINTER 2014/15
The Florida Keys Key West wreckers at work.
Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal VOL. 25 NO. 1 FALL 2014
Dope Den on Duval Street. The Jefferson Hotel
Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal VOL. 24 NO. 3 SUMMER 2014
Sergeant Calvin Shedd at Fort Jefferson Fort Jefferson
Archive Issues of Florida Sea Heritage Journal
Topic Index
| NAME | DATE |
|---|---|
| Adams Maitland article | Fall 1997 |
| Adderley House | Summer 2012 |
| African American buried Maine Plot | Fall 2004 |
| African Cemetery at Higgs Beach | Fall 2002 |
| African Taken Key West to Liberia | Winter 2008 |
| Albertson Joseph in Memory | Winter 1996 |
| Allen Joe in Memory | Summer 2006 |
| Ansel, Clipper Ship former Stephen R. Mallory | Spring 2012 |
| Appleby Joshua man & ship | Winter 1999 |
| Army Cemetery | Summer 2002 |
| Army in Keys 1857 | Summer 2003 |
| Arnold Samuel B. Memoirs | Fall 1996 |
| Arnold William article | Spring 2004 |
| Atocha Navigation | Summer 1994 |
| Atocha search for | Spring 2000 |
| Aviation Records in Key West | Summer 1995 |
| Bahamian Roots | Summer 2005 |
| Bar fight 1903 | Spring 1995 |
| Bartlum John article | Spring 1997 |
| Bartlum John shipbuilder article | Spring 1991 |
| Barton Clara in Key West | Spring 1991 |
| Bat Tower – Sugarloaf Key | Winter 2011 |
| Black Sailors in Keys | Spring 1992 |
| Botanist in Keys 1884 | Winter 1992 |
| Bradley Guy M. killed | Fall 1995 |
| Brides Ship of | Summer 1991 |
| Button Wreck | Summer 2002 |
| Carston Ralph Heinlein – In Memory | Fall 2009 |
| Carysfort HMS wreck of | Fall 1991 |
| Carysfort Reef Button Wreck | Summer 2002 |
| Carysfort Reef Lighship | Winter 2006 |
| Carysfort Reef restorarion area | Spring 2003 |
| Charterboat Row history | Summer 1998 |
| Cholera ship arrives with | Spring 1996 |
| Christmas in Key West | Winter 1992 |
| Cimbus wreck of | Fall 1990 |
| Civil War – Key West’s role | Spring 2013 |
| Civil War Col. Good given sword | Fall 1994 |
| Civil War in Key West part 1 | Summer 1998 |
| Civil War in Key West part 2 | Fall 1998 |
| Civil War in Key West part 3 | Winter 1998 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 4 | Spring 1999 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 5 | Summer 1999 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 6 | Fall 1999 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 7 | Winter 1999 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 8 | Spring 2000 |
| Civil War in Key West Part 9 | Summer 2000 |
| Civil War Maritime events | Winter 1990 |
| Clift Hiram Journal | Summer 1992 |
| Clione Yacht history of | Winter 1990 |
| Coal Blocks on Horseshoe Reef | Summer 2001 |
| Coast Guard Cutter Thetis | Summer 1993 |
| Coast Guard Ship Appleby | Winter 1999 |
| Cornish Sandie article | Spring 1994 |
| Crusoe Edwin poem | Summer 1991 |
| Crusoe Edwin poem | Spring 1993 |
| Cuban Fisheries off Keys | Summer 1996 |
| Cuban Fishing at Vestal Shoal | Winter 1996 |
| Cuban Insurgents 1895 | Fall 2004 |
| Curry Family history | Fall 2006 |
| Dance Hall fight | Spring 1995 |
| Deed Title to Key West 1815 – 1833 | Summer 2011 |
| Dixie Steamer & 1935 Hurricane | Winter 2007 |
| Douglass Frederick in Key West | Fall 1999 |
| Duel on Duval Street | Spring 2001 |
| Dutch Navy at Tortugas | Fall 1991 |
| Eliott Robert Jr. in Memory | Winter 1999 |
| Evangeline Log 1940 | Spring 2002 |
| Ewert Fred executed | Spring 1994 |
| Fackler Michael Reverend | Winter 2002 |
| Fanning David Col. in Keys 1784 | Summer 1993 |
| Ferguson house history | Winter 2012 |
| Ferguson letters – Key Wester strikes gold in Calif. | Fall 2012 |
| Ferguson letters between gold miner and wife | Winter 2012 |
| First Keys Mariners were Indians | Fall 1990 |
| Fish Kill Ft. Jefferson | Spring 2007 |
| Fisheries of the Florida Keys part 1 | Winter 1990 |
| Fisheries of the Florida Keys part 2 | Spring 1991 |
| Fisheries of the Florida Keys part 3 | Summer 1991 |
| Fishing Confrontation Cuban boats | Winter 1996 |
| Fishing Florida’s first industry | Summer 2000 |
| Fishing King Mackerel | Winter 1999 |
| Fishing off Keys 1824 | Summer 1992 |
| Florida 150 Years Statehood | Winter 1994 |
| Fort Jefferson article | Winter 1990 |
| Fort Taylor artifacts removed | Winter 2007 |
| Fyffe Jones P. article | Spring 1994 |
| Gabriel Sister M. Louis article | Winter 1993 |
| Galleon deep water site found | Fall 1990 |
| Gardner Family Roots | Summer 2005 |
| Gato Eduardo H. article | Winter 2002 |
| Gauld’d Survey article | Spring 1993 |
| Giovanni A wreck of | Winter 1990 |
| Gisterer William Diary 1898 | Winter 1997 |
| Goehring Edward Hurricane 1906 | Winter 1995 |
| Good Tilghman Col. gold sword | Fall 1994 |
| Hackley, William background and excerpts from his diary | Winter 2009 |
| Hackley’s Diary | Fall 2009 |
| Hackley’s Diary – 1830 | Winter 2011 |
| Hackley’s Diary – April 1857 | Spring 2011 |
| Hackley’s Diary – Feb.-June 1831 | Summer 2012 |
| Hackley’s Diary – Feb.-March 1857 | Fall 2010 |
| Hackley’s Diary – Jan.-Feb. 1857 | Spring 2010 |
| Hackley’s Diary 1830-1831 | Spring 2012 |
| Hambright, Tom honored | Winter 2010 |
| Hanging first in Key West | Spring 1999 |
| Harbor in 1940 | Spring 2002 |
| Harley Daniel O’Connel killed | Spring 1998 |
| Haynie L.M. poem | Summer 1991 |
| Health Florida Board | Fall 2007 |
| Higgs Gilbert Rev. in 1898 | Winter 1997 |
| Hornbeck, Henry J. Diary – Dec. 1863 | Winter 2012 |
| Hornbeck’s Diary – Jan. 1864 | Spring 2013 |
| Horseshoe Reef’s Coal Blocks | Summer 2001 |
| Hospital Navy | Fall 1992 |
| Hostital Marine article | Winter 1991 |
| Hurricane 1846 | Summer 1996 |
| Hurricane 1856 | Summer 2007 |
| Hurricane 1906 | Winter 1995 |
| Hurricane 1909 Navy Report | Spring 2005 |
| Hurricane 1910 | Winter 2000 |
| Hurricane 1910 Navy Report | Spring 2005 |
| Hurricane 1919 Navy Report | Fall 1999 |
| Hurricane 1935 and Steamer Dxie | Winter 2007 |
| Hurricane 1935 Woman’s Account | Summer 2006 |
| Hurricanes & flooding report | Winter 2005 |
| Index: Fall 1990 – Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 |
| Indian Key Raid | Summer 2001 |
| Indian War letters | Fall 2001 |
| Influenza 1918 | Winter 2006 |
| Isaac Allerton wreck | Winter 1991 |
| Jameson Colin in Memory | Winter 1999 |
| Jobes Harold in Flight Training | Summer 1999 |
| Journal win awards | Spring 1992 |
| Key Lime Pie | Fall 1997 |
| Key West 1828 | Winter 2001 |
| Key West 1836 | Summer 2002 |
| Key West 1852 | Fall 1995 |
| Key West 1871 | Spring 2007 |
| Key West 1884 | Summer 2001 |
| Key West 1907 | Summer 1995 |
| Key West Bight | Spring 2000 |
| Key West Bight City Buys | Summer 1991 |
| Key West High Class 1915 | Fall 2003 |
| Key West Simonton Buys | Fall 1993 |
| Keys article by Railroad Writer | Summer 1993 |
| Keys Cruising 1899 | Summer 1992 |
| Keys Cruising 1899-2 | Fall 1992 |
| Keys Life on 1895 | Fall 1993 |
| Keys sailing in 1784 | Summer 1993 |
| Kinfolks Curry Family history | Fall 2006 |
| Knowles Clement L. article | Summer 2003 |
| Krome William J. article | Winter 1995 |
| Lakes Passage Stilt Houses | Fall 2010 |
| Langley Wright Memory in | Summer 2000 |
| Lighthouse Carysfort visit 1875 | Spring 1996 |
| Lime Key Pie article | Fall 1997 |
| Little, Edward J. – In Memory | Summer 2011 |
| Lobster Fishery part 1 | Fall 1993 |
| Lobster Fishery part 2 | Winter 1993 |
| Loo HMS wreck part 1 | Spring 1991 |
| Loo HMS wreck part 2 | Summer 1991 |
| Louisa schooner & Model | Fall 1992 |
| Lowe John Jr. Captain | Spring 1993 |
| Magic Racing Yacht | Summer 1993 |
| Mail Service in Keys | Spring 1996 |
| Maine Battleship & Key West | Winter 1997 |
| Maine Battleship Plot Cemetery | Spring 1993 |
| Maine Battleship Plot Cross | Winter 1991 |
| Maine Plot African Buried | Fall 2004 |
| Maine USS Victim Letter by | Spring 1998 |
| Mallory, Stephen – Clipper Ship | Fall 2011 |
| Marion – Revenue Cutter Log | Spring 2013 |
| Mark Twain in Key West | Winter 2002 |
| Marquesas article | Spring 2000 |
| Marti Jose article | Spring 2008 |
| Matchless schooner article | Fall 1992 |
| Matecumbe (Lower) Key 1883 | Spring 2013 |
| Medical Care before 1845 | Spring 1995 |
| Medical Navy WW I | Spring 1993 |
| Melbourne Dutchy convicted murder | Spring 1994 |
| Mermaid seen in Bahamas | Winter 2003 |
| Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. | Summer 2000 |
| Misteriosa schooner launching | Summer 1991 |
| Mohawk USS in WW II | Summer 2008 |
| Monroe County history | Spring 2010 |
| Naval Academy Class 1864 | Fall 1999 |
| Naval Air Station Seaplane Base | Winter 2009 |
| Naval Air Station WW I | Summer 1999 |
| Naval Flight Training WW I | Summer 1999 |
| Naval Station 1883 | Winter 1999 |
| Navigation of Atocha | Summer 1994 |
| Navy damage Hurricane 1919 | Fall 1999 |
| Navy History Meacham Field | Summer 2009 |
| Navy History of NAAS Boca Chica | Winter 2008 |
| Navy Hospital article | Fall 1992 |
| Navy in Second Seminole War | Fall 2001 |
| Navy Medical WW I | Spring 1993 |
| Navy Mine Field off Key West | Spring 2003 |
| Navy Schooner Wave Log | Fall 2001 |
| Navy Sinking Ship before WW II | Fall 1993 |
| Navy Submaine SS 81 | Winter 2004 |
| Navy Wireless Station | Fall 2008 |
| Newark ship wreck of | Spring 1991 |
| Northwest Channel Jetties | Spring 2010 |
| Northwest Channel Lighthouse | Fall 2010 |
| Oil and Gas Exploration Florida Keys | Summer 2011 |
| Overseas Railway Opening | Fall 2011 |
| Patterson Family | Summer 2003 |
| Pawnee USS in Key West | Fall 1995 |
| Peary Robert E. in Key West | Spring 1997 |
| Perez Dora article | Fall 2001 |
| Perry Mathew in Pirate Waters | Spring 2007 |
| Perry Matthew Claims Key West | Summer 1992 |
| Philadelphia arrives with Cholera | Spring 1996 |
| Pierce E. Lowe PHd | Spring 2005 |
| Pigeon Key and Knights Key history | Winter 2010 |
| Planter (now Tavernier) article | Winter 1993 |
| Porter David in Key West part 1 | Summer 1994 |
| Porter David in Key West part 2 | Fall 1994 |
| Porter David in Key West part 3 | Winter 1994 |
| Porter David in Key West part 4 | Spring 1995 |
| Porter, Commodore David arrival in Key West | Spring 2012 |
| Powell Kim article | Winter 1996 |
| PT 728 Article | Spring 2008 |
| Revenue Cutter Florida orders | Winter 1999 |
| Reyes/Castanon duel | Spring 2001 |
| Rhein German ship Sinking | Fall 1993 |
| Rogers John in Keys 1830s | Summer 2008 |
| Sailing Club history | Winter 1990 |
| Sailing Directions on Keys | Spring 1993 |
| Salt industry Key West | Fall 1996 |
| Sands Howard J. article | Fall 2007 |
| Sands Howard Memorial | Fall 2007 |
| Sawyer Arthur B. article | Fall 2007 |
| School Key West High | Fall 2003 |
| School Teacher Keys in 1910 | Fall 2001 |
| Schools Directory 1915-1916 | Fall 2003 |
| Schooner carrying powder 1881 | Winter 1991 |
| Schooners Old in Key West | Winter 1991 |
| Scurvy Loathsome Disease | Winter 2005 |
| Sea Heritage Journal Name | Winter 1990 |
| Seminole War Second | Summer 2001 |
| Shark Fishing | Summer 2002 |
| Sherwood Norman hanging | Spring 1999 |
| Shipbuilding Ways in Key West | Fall 2005 |
| Shipwreck Archaeological Resources | Fall 1991 |
| Simonton John buys Key West | Fall 1993 |
| Simth Columbus visit to Key West | Summer 1995 |
| Slave Ship article | Fall 2002 |
| Slave Traders article | Fall 2002 |
| Slave Vessels article | Fall 2002 |
| Slaves not freed | Spring 1999 |
| Society Rowing program | Summer 1991 |
| Society Wins Education Award | Summer 1991 |
| Spanish American War Diary | Winter 1997 |
| Sponge Industry Florida | Spring 1999 |
| Street Names | Summer 1998 |
| Sturtevant USS DD 240 loss of | Fall 1991 |
| Submarine Telephone Cables – Key West to Havana | Fall 2009 |
| Surveying Keys 1850s | Summer 2006 |
| Taussig Joseph K. in 1898 | Spring 1998 |
| Telegraph to Cuba | Fall 1991 |
| Thetis USCG legacy | Summer 1993 |
| Thomas Vincent C. Jr. Memory | Spring 1997 |
| Thompson Norberg article | Fall 1997 |
| Till Clarence K. killed line duty | Spring 1994 |
| Travel in the Keys 1870’s | Spring 2011 |
| Turtle Cannery article | Spring 1992 |
| Turtle Fisheries | Spring 1997 |
| Turtle Green Soup article | Fall 1997 |
| Turtle Industry | Spring 2009 |
| Twentieth Year of Journal | Fall 2009 |
| Tyger HMS wreck part 1 | Fall 2000 |
| Tyger HMS wreck part 2 | Winter 2000 |
| U-Boats off Florida | Summer 1992 |
| U.S. Naval Magazine history | Spring 2011 |
| USMC in Key West 1898 | Summer 1991 |
| Valbanera Steamer loss of | Summer 1996 |
| Viele John book The Wreckers | Winter 2000 |
| Voyage to Key West 1829 | Winter 1995 |
| Water Fresh in Harbor | Spring 2007 |
| Water Fresh search part 1 | Winter 1998 |
| Water Fresh search part 2 | Fall 2000 |
| Water Fresh search part 3 | Spring 2006 |
| Watson Ed article | Summer 2007 |
| Weather freak gale 1940 | Spring 2002 |
| Webb & Whitehead letters | Fall 2001 |
| Western Union returns | Spring 1991 |
| Whalton Stephen M. article | Winter 2006 |
| Whitehead & Webb letters | Fall 2001 |
| Whitehead Willam voyage 1830 | Fall 1992 |
| Whitehead William Key West | Winter 2001 |
| Wisteria Lighthouse Tender | Summer 1998 |
| Wisteria Lighthouse Tender article | Fall 1992 |
| Woodcutters and Charcoal Burners – Forgotten Pioneers | Summer 2012 |
| Woodcutters and Charcoal Burners – Forgotten Pioneers | Spring 2011 |
| World War II Housing Shortage | Winter 1991 |
| World War II Impact in Key West | Spring 1992 |
| World War II in Key West | Winter 1992 |
| World War II U-Boats | Summer 1992 |
| Wreck Bird Key Tortugas | Summer 1997 |
| Wreck Brig Shannon | Fall 1998 |
| Wreck CV Domburgh part 1 | Winter 2003 |
| Wreck CV Domburgh part 2 | Spring 2004 |
| Wreck CV Domburgh part 3 | Summer 2004 |
| Wreck Florida Silverbow | Spring 2001 |
| Wreck HMS Tyger | Fall 2000 |
| Wreck in book by Viele | Winter 2000 |
| Wreck on American Shoal | Spring 2001 |
| Wreck Speedwell loss of 9 | Winter 1997 |
| Wreck SS Valbanera Navy report | Spring 2005 |
| Wreck St. Augustine Beach | Winter 2003 |
| Wreck Steamer Jablanica | Winter 2001 |
| Wreck Tanker Capri | Summer 2000 |
| Wreckers Keys miscoception | Summer 2004 |
| Wrecking 1860 | Fall 1995 |
| Wrecking Court – Contradictions in Testimony | Winter 2009 |
| Wrecking Court cases | Summer 2009 |
| Wrecking voyage 1831 | Winter 1992 |
| Wright Arhthur H. buried | Fall 1999 |
| Wright, David Harrison – paintings of 5 significant ships in history | Winter 2009 |
| WW I in Key West | Summer 1999 |
| WW I in Key West | Spring 1999 |
| WW II Gulf Sea Frontier Diary | Winter 2004 |
| WW II off Key West June 1942 | Spring 2003 |
| WW II Spy | Summer 2005 |
| WW II USS Mohawk | Summer 2008 |
| Yellow Fever | Spring 1992 |