Landmarks in Florida Keys
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Just over two miles west of Marathon, nestled beneath what is now called the Old Seven Mile Bridge, lies the historical treasure known as Pigeon Key. The five-acre island served as a base camp for workers who built Henry Flagler's railroad in the early 1900s.
Visitors shouldn't pass up the chance to explore tiny Pigeon Key, a small island with an enormous reputation for remaining unchanged as the Keys evolved - listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it houses a museum chronicling the construction of the final installment of Henry Flagler's Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad. Many of the original railroad buildings from 1909 still stand.
The first Oversea Railway train rolled from the Florida mainland through the Florida Keys to Key West in January 1912. As January 2012 approaches, this is our most important pick for visitors. A 100th anniversary does not come along often, and displays and exhibits in Key West are active already, and planned celebrations leading up to a January 22, 2012 gala event are to be unfolding soon.
Just over two miles west of Marathon, nestled beneath what is now called the Old Seven Mile Bridge, lies the historical treasure known as Pigeon Key. The five-acre island served as a base camp for workers who built Henry Flagler's railroad in the early 1900s.
Visitors shouldn't pass up the chance to explore tiny Pigeon Key, a small island with an enormous reputation for remaining unchanged as the Keys evolved - listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it houses a museum chronicling the construction of the final installment of Henry Flagler's Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad. Many of the original railroad buildings from 1909 still stand.
The first Oversea Railway train rolled from the Florida mainland through the Florida Keys to Key West in January 1912. As January 2012 approaches, this is our most important pick for visitors. A 100th anniversary does not come along often, and displays and exhibits in Key West are active already, and planned celebrations leading up to a January 22, 2012 gala event are to be unfolding soon.
Old Seven Mile Bridge
Mile Marker 47, U.S 1
U.S. 1
Historic landmark listed on the National Register, integral part of Henry Flagler Railroad construction...
Southernmost Point in the Nation
Corner of Whitehead & South Streets
Mile Marker Zero on the Overseas Highway...
Windley Key Fossil Reef State Geologic Site
Overseas Highway Mile Marker 84.9
South of the Snake Creek drawbridge
Thirty acres of hammock, above ground corals, near Islamorada...
Pigeon Key
Pigeon Key Foundation
P.O Box 500130
Historical home base for Flagler Railroad workers, listed on the National Register of Historic Sites...
Indian Key State Historic Site
Mile Marker 78.5
1 mile west of the tip if Islamorada
Hike around the island for a glimpse of history dating back to early 1800's...
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