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Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park is a Florida State Park located at mile marker 85.5 on US 1 near Islamorada. It was a former quarry used by Henry Flagler in the early 1900s to help his building of the Overseas Railroad. Following the railroad's completion, it was a source of decorative stone pieces called Keystone. Now on display ...
The 1733 Fleet was an entire Spanish convoy (except for one ship) lost in a hurricane off Florida. The lesser severity of the 1733 hurricane (which struck the fleet on July 15) and the shallowness of the wrecksites in the Keys, however, made for many survivors and even left four ships in good enough condition to be re-floated and sent back to Havana.
Windley Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses it at approximately mile markers 84–85.5, between Plantation Key and Upper Matecumbe Key.
Tavernier is located at (25.015156, -80.513678 It occupies the southwesternmost 3 miles (5 km) of Key Largo, the largest of the Florida Keys.Tavernier is bordered to the northeast by the community of Key Largo and to the southwest, across Tavernier Creek, by the village of Islamorada on Plantation Key.
Lower Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys, United States, located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75–78.. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated.
All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. The island lies to the southwest of Windley Key and to the northeast of Lower Matecumbe Key . The history of the names of both this key and Lower Matecumbe Key are very confusing, as identical names have been used at different times to designate ...
Islamorada was hit almost directly by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, causing 423 deaths. [6] A memorial, including the ashes of over 300 victims, exists today at Overseas Highway mile marker 82. [7] Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams began visiting Islamorada in 1943 and for the next 45 years was the island's most well-known resident. [8]
All of the key is within the Villages of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. The island lies to the southwest of Upper Matecumbe Key, and to the northeast of Lower Matecumbe Key. [1] There is a small private beach on the island the entrance is to a private road that leads to a private residence. [clarification needed]