The United States acquired the island of Key West through neither military conquest nor diplomatic treaty. In good American fashion, it was purchased with private funds. The island was uninhabited ...

The 40th anniversary celebration of the Florida Keys’ symbolic secession from the United States, motivated by a 1982 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint established on the only road connecting the Keys with ...

Key West is known far and wide as the “Conch Republic.” It’s a brand touted as an independent state of mind, spiked with some silliness, a farcical military force and its own flag. The commemorative T ...

Forty-one years ago, on April 23, 1982, a Border Patrol blockade of the Florida Keys in search of drugs and undocumented immigrants led to the birth of the Conch Republic. Infuriated Keys residents ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - The Florida Keys are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their symbolic secession from the United States, motivated by a 1982 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint established on the ...

Last week, I took some much needed vacation time and made the three-and-a-half-hour drive down to Key West for a bit of R and R, Conch-style. And what a great trip. I hadn’t been to the Keys in nearly ...

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Read full article: Leesburg man turns himself in; repairs complete on famous Key West buoy after fire In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, visitors gather at the Southernmost Point ...

It started as a protest to the opening of a Border Patrol checkpoint on the road connecting the Keys to the mainland. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven ...