Hospital Key

Earlier name:

Middle Kay

Sand Key (II)

Broader Terms:

Dry Tortugas

Scope Note:

 

Named for a U.S. government hospital built here during the Yellow Fever epidemic in the last half of the 19th century.

References:

 

An 1829 chart of the Dry Tortugas drawn for the U.S. Navy Department shows Sand Key at this location. Blunt chart (1846) shows Middle Kay.

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