Title
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 27 - The Conch Republic
Episode Date
10-31-2018
Episode Summary
Key West has a diverse history that includes "wreckers," writers, hippies, homosexuals, and U.S. Presidents. In 1982, the island seceded from the Union to form the Conch Republic.
Keywords
Florida Frontiers Television
Series Title
Florida Frontiers Television
Episode Title
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 27 - The Conch Republic
Episode Number
27
Duration
26:46
Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
State of Florida website
http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Jessie Ball Dupont Fund website
Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism
This project is sponsored in part by Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism.
Welcome to Florida's Space Coast
http://www.visitspacecoast.com/
Brevard County Tourism Development Council
http://www.brevardcounty.us/TourismDevelopmentCouncil
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 27 - The Conch Republic" (2018). Florida Frontiers Television. 28.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/28
Description
The Conch Republic, Southern most point
Tom Hambright, Key West Historian
Cori Convertito, Key West Art and Historical Society
Robert Kerstein, Author - Key West on the edge
The Little White House
Sloppy Joe's Bar, frequented by Ernest Hemmingway
Audubon House and Tropical Gardens
Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House