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Long Key Fishing Camp, ca. 1919. Long Key Fishing Camp was established on Long Key in Florida in 1908 by Henry M. Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway Company for the use of tourists to enjoy what was described as "some of the best fishing in the world".
It was visited by C.W. Pierce in his boat, Bonton (1885). He stopped at the lower end of the key where there was a house with a cistern and replenished his water supply.. The key was a depot site during the railroad years, and it was also the site of the well known Long Key Fishing Camp.
In the early 20th century, Henry Flagler’s Long Key Fishing Camp was a luxury tourist outpost along Flagler’s railroad to Key West. The camp attracted celebrities, politicians and famous ...
The railroad's founder, Henry Flagler, also established the Long Key Fishing Camp, a resort that attracted the greatest saltwater fishermen from around the world. But it did not last for long, when in 1935, the Labor Day hurricane devastated the Club, the railroad, and much of the Keys.
After World War II, Mary V. Layton (1907-1993) and Delbert “Del” Layton (1906-1987), who ran a grocery business in Miami, bought 40 acres (160,000 m 2) on Long Key and started developing the property as "Layton's Long Key Fishing Camp", which grew substantially over the succeeding years.
The FEC's Long Key Fishing Camp was destroyed, as was an FEC rescue train which, with the exception of steam locomotive 447, was overturned by the storm surge at Islamorada. Over 40 miles (64 km) of track were washed away by the hurricane, two miles of which ended up washing ashore on the mainland at Cape Sable .
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The FEC's Long Key Fishing Camp was also destroyed in the storm. [18] Traffic was immediately embargoed south of Florida City after the storm while the Florida East Coast Railway decided whether or not to restore the line. [8]: 119–121