Ship's bLog - Missed yesterday's history lesson but got a lesson in folks that drive crazy in Miami!!! back in the Keys, safe and sound ready to take on the world again.....This morning, Pete who stayed with us called at 7:30 am to say he had a wonderful sailing excursion yesterday and to please save him a spot in April. We are almost booked totally for this month and March, with a tentative on the only time we have open! So if you sailors plan to board, ye better get shakin' argh me mateys! hoist that sail mind your way out the harbor....
Fun Phrase of the day; since we missed our history lesson - Key West Vocabulary and did you know that...
CONCH TRAIN TOUR TRAIN WHICH TAKES IT'S NAME FROM A SEA SNAIL THAT MOVES SLOWLY, THAT IS FOUND IN THE WATERS AROUND KEY WEST...mind that you plan to move slow when behind the conch trains.
Today's History Lesson:
1845-1867:
Alright class, take your seats whilst this cap'n tells you about our history lesson back a long time ago...
Florida became the 27th state in the United States during this time period. 1849 was when the first turtle cannery opened and Key West was the richest city per capita in the state of Florida also this time period. In 1856, the first US Navy station was established in Key West. Then in 1958 the Coast Guard Building was completed. The State of Florida seceded from the United States / UNION during the Civil War (and Key West still has that Conch Republic mind even today). During this period Key West was the deep south seaport that was held by the Union.
Folks were starting to find ways down to the seaport town, and a much larger population of 2,302 called Key West home.
See you next time, in the meanwhile, get down to Key West and get out on the water sailing!
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