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Key West

9 dossiers on record ·

The record for Key West opens with Key West Cemetery and Fort Zachary Taylor — 7 more files sit in the drawer below.

Cemetery
Medium

Key West Cemetery

Key West, Florida

"I told you I was sick"—the 1847 cemetery at the island’s heart.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Zachary Taylor

Key West, Florida

The 1866 fort that held the Union at the Confederacy’s edge.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Curry Mansion

Key West, Florida

The 1899 mansion of Florida’s first millionaire—still a family home.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Ernest Hemingway House

Key West, Florida

The 1851 house where Hemingway wrote—and the six-toed cats remain.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Captain Tony’s Saloon

Key West, Florida

The bar built around the hanging tree—the oldest saloon in the Keys.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Sloppy Joe’s

Key West, Florida

Hemingway’s bar—the 1933 original on Greene Street.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort Former Prison
Medium

Fort Jefferson

Key West, Florida

Unfinished island fort used as a Civil War military prison.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
Low

Fort East Martello

Key West, Florida

Fort associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Submerged Archaeological Site
Medium

Fort Jefferson submerged post cemetery and quarantine hospital site

Key West, Florida

Former island cemetery and quarantine-hospital site identified through underwater archaeology.

1 fact→