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A trailer park under construction in Marathon, 1973. Though the area has been settled for some time, Marathon is a relatively new city, incorporated in 1999. The name Marathon dates back to the origin of the Florida East Coast Railroad. The name came from the railroad workers who were working night and day to complete the railway; due to the ...
Additionally, dozens of mobile homes were overturned at an RV park. [59] Fisherman's Community Hospital in Marathon was completely destroyed, and as of 2019 is being rebuilt. [60] Bahia Honda State Park was devastated, with bathrooms, campgrounds, parking lots, pavilions, and streets destroyed or washed away.
Grassy Key, Florida, is an island in the middle Florida Keys. [1] It is located on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway), near mile markers 57—60, below the Conch Keys. It has an area of 3.65 km², with a population of 974 as of the census 2000. [2] It is one of the northernmost islands in a chain of islands that comprises the City of Marathon ...
The highway leads west-southwest 29 miles (47 km) to Key West and east-northeast 21 miles (34 km) to Marathon. Big Pine Key was the location of one of the stations of the Overseas Railroad . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 10.3 square miles (27 km 2 ), of which 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2 ), or 1.04% ...
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Sigsbee Park, also known as Dredgers Key, is an island about half a mile (800 m) north of Key West island in the lower Florida Keys; administratively it is within the City of Key West, Florida, United States. [1] It is connected to the island of Key West by Sigsbee Road. The island and causeway are part of the Key West Naval Air Station. It is ...
From late 1973 [3] to early 1980, [4] [5] the Fort Wilderness Railroad, a 3.5-mile (5.6 km), 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad, provided transportation to the resort's various campsites, as well as to the nearby River Country water park.
Boot Key Harbor is a natural body of water located in the middle of the Florida Keys, entirely within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, United States. Boot Key Harbor can be accessed by boat via two inlets from the Atlantic Ocean. The western inlet has a controlling depth of 6 feet (1.8 m) at mean low-tide, as does the rest of the main ...