Loggerhead Key (II)

Earlier name:

Loggerhead Turtle Kay

Broader Terms:

Dry Tortugas

Scope Note:

 

The site of a lighthouse, the first of which was built here in 1856. Also the former site of a trading post used by workers building Fort Jefferson.

Geographic Location:

 

Located in the Dry Tortugas island group.

References:

 

So named on a chart of the Dry Tortugas drawn for the U.S. Navy Department in 1829. Called Loggerhead Turtle Kay on Blunt chart (1846).

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