Porgy Key

Earlier name:

Porgee Key

Scope Note:

 

Porgy Key was the home for many years of "Sir" Lancelot Jones, a long-time resident. Hurricane Andrew in 1992 destroyed the residence.

Geographic Location:

 

Located on Caesar Creek, at the lower end of Biscayne Bay.

References:

 

The Bache Coast Survey of 1861 shows Porgee Key. Spelled Porgee Key in a 1920 Smithsonian Institution study of Cerion snails.

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