2069.3 miles
But a lot of today's mapped roads I don't believe are even part of the old Highway 1.
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08-31-2015 08:19 AMGetting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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09-02-2015 06:20 AM
Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extension. Relief train near Islamorada blown off tracks by 1935 Hurricane.
1935: The most intense hurricane to hit the United States passed over Long Key and Lower Matecumbe Key. The Category 5 storm had a barometer reading of 26.35 and winds estimated at around 200 mph with tides 18 to 20 feet above normal. The storm killed nearly 400 people and ended the bankrupt Overseas Railroad.Parabellum FJ²B
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09-03-2015 11:54 PMIsn't the highest place in the Keys about 12' above sea level?
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09-07-2015 08:06 AM
In KW I think it is Solares Hill at 11'.
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09-07-2015 10:54 AM
The bottom of lake erie at the deepest point is hundreds of feet above Bobcat.
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09-09-2015 08:53 AMSo if you have a 20' tide, and the highest point is 11', it's like being on the bottom of Lake Erie!!!!
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09-17-2015 06:43 AM
1993: A defecting Cuban Air Force pilot landed his MIG-21 fighter plane at the Naval Air Station. The plane was detected on radar about four minutes before it landed.
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09-18-2015 08:43 AMI remember that. It made a lot of people wake up to how vulnerable we were to an attack from Cuba. (There were all kinds of accusations and panic).
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09-28-2015 07:06 AM
Four Blimps (LTA) at the Naval Air Station Boca Chica on January 10, 1951.
1955: Two Navy airmen on watch escaped injury when a small but violent tornado struck Boca Chica Naval Air Station and tore two blimps from their moorings and blew them a half a mile into the mangroves with the men inside. Both airships were badly damaged.Parabellum FJ²B
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10-05-2015 07:55 AM
Early Navy helicopter at Naval Air Station Key West. This is a Piasecki HRP-1 "Flying Banana" rescue helicopter, which was a frame only and had no skin.
1951: Helicopter Scouting Squadron HS-1 was commissioned in ceremonies held at the Seaplane Base. It was the first HS squadron in the Navy. Commander Joseph T. Watson was the Commanding Officer of the Squadron.Parabellum FJ²B
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10-06-2015 08:59 AMWow. Could you imagine putting your life into that????
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10-12-2015 07:12 AM
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10-13-2015 07:26 AM
1933: Monroe County voted 1,299 to 85 for the repeal of the 18th Amendment, which outlawed the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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10-15-2015 12:42 AMAnd the percentages "pro" are still the same in Monroe County!!
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10-17-2015 07:41 AM
1884: The Jacksonville newspaper “The Florida Times Union” reported there were 22 liquor saloons in Key West.
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10-19-2015 07:16 AM
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10-21-2015 11:44 PMCan you name them all? Or only the ones with Happy Hour?
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