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Margaritaville Podcast
Ep. 26 – Eric Church Promoter Rep, Shane Huebner
Shane started out doing catering backstage at Red Rocks and then went on to cater on the road for Tourkats.…
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Today in Key West History – Dec. 18, 1955 – The Ferry from Key West to Havana Completed Testing
Now, more than 50 years after Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba it remains a mysterious forbidden and a foreign place.…
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December 17, 1899 – More than a Year After The Sinking of the Maine, Bodies of Victims Were Recovered By the Military
The night seemed like any other. It was February 15th and the crew of the battleship Maine had been dispatched…
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December 15 – The Underwater Cable System Connection Key West to Havana was Started
From much of its early history, Key West stood in relative isolation due to the lack of regular mail service…
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December 14 – The Contract for the Building of the Key West Custom House was Awarded
As Key West became increasingly wealthy, the four story architectural marvel known as the Custom House was built, and it…
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December 13 – Key Deer Were Hunted on Big Pine Key
On December 13, 1928, this small paragraph appeared in the Key West Citizen. “The Turtelino hunting crowd killed a large…
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December 12 – Key West Had the Only English Wesleyan Methodist Church in the United States.
The congregation was originally known as the “Gulf of Mexico Mission with Cayo Hueso”. The local history informs us that…
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Margaritaville Podcast
Ep. 25 – Gameshows, Dublin and London Concerts
Heikki discusses gameshow stories and the announcements of the Dublin and London concerts! Have questions for Heikki? Ask them to…
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December 11 – The Search for Hoffa Comes to Key West!
On December the 9, 1961, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa was in Key West inspecting the once grand Casa Marina hotel.…
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December 10 – Norman Sherwood Becomes The First Prisoner is Hanged from the Gallows in Key West
Norma Sherwood has the distinction of being the first man to the west. Sherwood had an altercation with a man…
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