The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic.
Join Laura Albritton and Jerry Wilkinson as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more from the colorful History of the Florida Keys..
When Prohibition came to the Keys, one defiant woman established a rum running empire that dominated South Florida.
Navy in a bid to complete the Overseas Railroad.
In the early twentieth century, black Bahamians founded a town of their own, while railway engineers went up against the U.
S.
During the Civil War, a company of Key West Avengers escaped their Union-occupied city to join the Confederacy by sailing through the Bahamas.
In the nineteenth century, uncompromising individuals fought duels and plotted political upsets.
The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic