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February 18, 1910

Filed at February 18, 2009 under by Keys

February 18, 1910, the Key West Citizen reported: ” Things are humming at the Long Key Fishing Camp. Mackerel and king fish are plentiful; so are the tourists.”

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February 1953 Drive-in Theater Opens on Stock Island

Filed at February 12, 2009 under by Keys

Islander Key West Drive-In (Rear 1960)When the drive-in theater the “Islander” first opened on Stock Island in February 1953, it had the largest screen in the state of Florida. It had parking for 600 cars and opened with “The Cimarron Kid” starring Audie Murphy and Yvette Dugay.

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February 8, 1912 Post Office Comes to Key Largo

Filed at February 8, 2009 under by Keys

Key Largo Depot 1926When rail service began in the Upper Keys in 1908 there was a little station called Jewfish, the Florida railroad flagstop at the Jewfish Creek Railroad Bridge for the bridge tender. There was a post office at this location which was practically inaccessible because of Lake Surprise. The Jewfish post office location was moved to the new Key Largo depot area (located just north of the St. Justin Martyr Church at mile marker 105.6 and in the U.S. 1 highway median strip) on February 8, 1912, with David Sasser as postmaster. The post office name, however, remained Jewfish, Florida. The post office was located in the various postmasters’ homes.

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Islamorada’s Holiday Isle in Foreclosure

Filed at February 6, 2009 under by Keys

Holiday Isle Resort and Marina, a major hotel resort in Islamorada, is in foreclosure after lenders filed to recover $77 million loaned on an aborted condotel conversion. VII Holiday Isle Funding LLC, a subsidiary of Connecticut-based Starwood Capital Group, filed against several companies affiliated with West Palm Beach developer Adam Schlesinger, and his company, Ceebraid Signal.

It’s unclear how the filing will impact operations at the property, located at mile marker 84.5. But news of the legal action brought reaction from Islamorada’s Mayor Cathi Hill. “In conjunction with the events at Cheeca, this could not have come at a worse time,” Hill said. A New Year’s eve fire closed down Cheeca Resort and Islamorada officials and business leaders are still are unsure when the tony oceanfront resort will reopen.

Holiday Isle is also well-know for its charter boat row, where deep sea fishing boats line up for guests drawn from Holiday Isle and other resort properties throughout the Upper Keys. Charter captains, already on edge over an uncertain future for the resort and marina, talked Friday about their concerns with a weak economy and fewer people willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for a day of fishing. “I don’t know what our future is right now,” said Capt. J.R. Rudzin of the Captain JR charter boat. Read more »

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Knight’s Key Railroad Terminal Opens February 4, 1908

Filed at February 4, 2009 under by Keys

Knight’s Key, which is to be the present terminal of the railroad opened on February 4, 1908 with trains leaving Miami at 6:30 and 11:00 A.M. and returning from Knight’s Key the next day at 5:40 and 10:00 A.M.

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