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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPP_porters-anti-pirate-fleet_Key-West-FL.html
An outbreak of piracy in 1822 prompted the United States to organize the West Indian Squadron, an anti-pirate fleet. Commanded by Commodore David Porter, the squadron in 1823 included 17 ships and 1,100 men based in Key West. For two years the fle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSZ_key-west-cemetery_Key-West-FL.html
Key West Cemetery was founded in 1847 following a hurricane the previous year that destroyed the earlier cemetery located near present day Higgs Beach. To protect from future flooding, the 19-acre cemetery was located here on Solares Hill, the hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSY_the-little-white-house_Key-West-FL.html
Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this site i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSU_the-little-white-house_Key-West-FL.html
Built in 1890 as quarters for Navy officers, the Little White House later was used by American Presidents William Howard Taft, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Truman used the facility as a vacati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHTM_naval-station_Key-West-FL.html
Commodore David Porter established a Naval Station here on April 3, 1823 as a Supply Base for his 17-ship Anti-Pirate Squadron. The Station remained in constant operation from that date until its disestablishment on March 31, 1974. Although its fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5XQ_in-memory-of-dr-samuel-a-mudd_Key-West-FL.html
"...upon occasion of the prevalence of the yellow fever...Samuel A. Mudd devoted himself to the care and cure of the sick and interposed his courage and skill to protect the garrison...from peril and alarm, and thus...saved many valuable lives and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MQ_southernmost-point_Key-West-FL.html
The Conch Republic90 Miles to CubaSouthernmostPointContinentalU.S.AKey West, FLHome of the Sunset