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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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	Key West brewer aims to tap into Florida.(Food) ; KEY WEST, Fla. - It's the dead of winter and Bill...America's southernmost city. The president of Key West Brewery has done little more than order a...mingles with the Gulf of Mexico. He looks at Key West, a narrow strip of coral and mangrove at... Read more
	Key West wants to give homeless a one-way ticket to Miami. ; Byline: Jennifer Babson KEY WEST, Fla. _ Like everyone else, they gravitate...leaves and the temperatures plummet. Key West's homeless _ who sleep in mangroves...centers in the Miami area by John Jones, Key West's assistant city manager. Key West... Read more
	A Brief History: The Hurricanes of Key West ; Had Hurricane Wilma hit Key West in the 1950s, it would have had no effect on Key West. Everything damaged by the storm surge...offshore. The hurricane history of Key West tells a tale that we cannot ignore... Read more
	Key West seems to be out of favor for spring break.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; KEY WEST, Fla. _ Key West, the city that sells itself as the ultimate place to party and relax...soaring food and lodging costs are running spring break revelers out of Key West, while others contend that strictly enforced city rules and regulations... Read more
	Get a tropical shirt and drink a mojito; Live the Key West life with the sun and the sand ; KEY WEST, Fla. - The woman sitting in the front row...thumbing through "Quit Your Job and Move to Key West." The book advertises itself as the complete...American Eagle all fly regional planes into Key West International Airport. But there can be weight... Read more
	KEY WEST'S SUNSETS CALL FOR CELEBRATION ; KEY WEST - It's the end of the day at the end of the...Connecticut but is a veteran of nearly 2,000 Key West sunsets, wears an Ancient Douglas tartan...velvety, ocean-scented purple night envelops Key West. Riley plays "Will Ye No Come Back Again... Read more
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	In Key West, times change ; ...resist pop-culture's calling By Kathy Lally BALTIMORE SUN KEY WEST, Fla. -- He was not such an old man and he fished and...s bar into a shrine to the man and Sloppy Joe's was Key West and Key West was Sloppy Joe's and the man was Ernest Hemingway. And... Read more

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