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Key West

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Key West city (1990 pop. 24,832), seat of Monroe co., S Fla., on an island at the southwestern extremity of the Florida Keys ; inc. 1828. About 150 mi (240 km) from Miami (but only 90 mi/145 km from Cuba), it is the southernmost city of the continental United States. It is a port of entry and a cruise-ship stop, a popular resort with a tropical climate, a shrimping and fishing center, and an artists' colony. Tropical fruits are harvested, but tourism is central to the economy. Early Spanish sailors called the site Cayo Hueso (Bone Island), because of the human bones they found there. A... Read more
The Key West Agreement
The Key West Agreement (1948) was a major step toward...privately with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Key West, Florida, 11–14 March 1948, where...Corps in amphibious operations. Although the Key West Agreement provided a framework for resolving... Read more
Key West
Key West, Florida/USA Said to be an English version of the Spanish Cayo Hueso ‘Bone Islet’ from cayo ‘key’ or ‘islet’ and hueso ‘bone’, a consequence of Spanish explorers discovering human bones in... Read more

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