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If You Build It, They Will Come!
The photo above is of workers cleaning up after the great hurricane of 1935 that killed hundreds and that left much of the Florida Keys in ruins. Bridges to Key West were wiped out and Henry Flagler's railroad that ended in Key West just ended. Forever.Ever since the Civil War, Key West was a strategic location for the United States Navy. The United States was in the middle of the Great Depression when the hurricane decimated the Florida Keys and money was scarce - everywhere. The bridges to Key West had to be rebuilt. And they were. The above photo shows the first of the new bridges that re-connected Key West to the mainland. A few short years later Japan attacked the United States and brought us into World War II. Key West emerged as a critical base for Navy operations.
Key West - 1943 Written on the back of the above photo: WAR BOOMS KEY WEST. Wartime installations in Key West are so big that a third of the town has been slowly swallowed by the Navy. It is now, perhaps, the most important spot on the map of the Caribbean area. Key West repairs and supplies and berths ships ... more

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