Garden Key

Broader Terms:

Dry Tortugas

Related Terms:

Bush Key

Scope Note:

 

The site of Fort Jefferson, construction of which was started in 1846. Also the site of a lighthouse which was established in 1825 . In referring to the above lighthouse, J.W. Norie, in his "Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Florida, the Bahama Banks, and Islands (1828) notes that it is described in a publication of 1826 as being located on Garden Kay. He observes that "There is not any kay of this name in Mr. Gauld's survey of the Tortugas; it may probably be the same that he has called Bush Kay."

References:

 

A chart of the Dry Tortugas drawn for the U.S. Navy Department in 1829 shows the key at its present location.

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