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The Keys

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STRING OF PEARLS

Coral & Conch

— john pennekamp state park

KEYS HISTORY

MIAMI
Miami Beach
Fisher Island
Virginia Key

KEY BISCAYNE
Miami Seaquarium
BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK
Elliott Key
Islandia / Old Rhodes Key
North Key Largo

KEY LARGO
US1 (south of mainland)
JOHN PENNEKAMP CORAL REEF
Pennekamp History
KEY LARGO
Tavernier
Plantation Key
(now heading more west than south)

ISLAMORADA
HURRICANE MONUMENT (WPA)

Lower Matecumbe Key
Layton
Duck Key
Vaca Key
MARATHON
SEVEN-MILE BRIDGE
BAHIA HONDA KEY (State Park)
No Name Key (north of US1 and Big Pine Key)
Big Pine Key (on US1)
Middle Torch Key (north of Big Pine Key)
Big Torch Key (north of Middle Torch)
Summerland Key (back on US1)
Cudjoe Key
Upper Sugarloaf Key
Sugarloaf Key
Saddlebunch Keys
Big Coppitt Key
(Key West) Naval Air Station
Stock Island
KEY WEST
(A1A)

Flagler’s Moon

After being lured out of Palm Beach (his personal, tropical paradise) to the new city of Miami, Henry Morrison Flagler couldn’t resist the temptation of extending his (Florida East Coast) railroad to Key West, the island port, the most important of a string of  (coral) pearls.