The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1947, Page 7

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947 The Citizen’s Columnist Continues ... THE ROMANTIC ee ae “THE KEY WEST STORY” BIRTH OF PIRATES COVE FISHING CAMP By FRANK W. LOVERING THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘the names of world-famous art-{line used to run which replaced Written Exclusively for the Key West Citizen T= CHAPTER in the Key West Story leads 20 miles up the Keys to Sugar Loaf. There, under the amused instruction of Mrs. C. Irving Wright, widwo of the foresighted Massachusetts gentloman who who dreamed out Pirates Cove Fishing Camp and lived to see his dream come true, the writer first learned to eat raw carrot served in slender "de i x aroma Sliced sticks as a sal- ad with Thad been called to the camp on important business after he a Wright, long a sufferer with asthma, had passed away time I met him we spent two hours together in the Boston hotel | where he had a suite, from shaped angle of which, we together and watched twilight fade into darkness and the myvi- ad electric stays gleam out on the Boston Public Garden tood beside his bier at Rockland, Mass where he, and his father before him, were important shoc ufacturers. Irving Wright came to the Key West region for his health. and through the innate ability of Jas L. Johnson of the local re alty firm, was convinced that Pirates Cove would be the ideal spot in which to crystallize a dream that was to add to Mr. Wright's man- Pars of life and give him recreation, the U. S. A. The first southbound |- and a business in providing rec- reation for others Neved would come. To Jim Johnson is due m the eredit for se arin’ on toe County the Pirates’ Cove Fishing Camp. Jim representing the local realty firm sold, in 1925, te Mr. Wright, 45 acres of land on Sugar Loaf Key. The first tract was bought from A whom he be P. Jergusen. In 1926 Mr. Wright acquired 50 acres more from Arthur Gomez and others. ‘The area lay barren two year: but in 1928, after a little culti tien, the fe pr Jerguson parcel preddced some of the finest to- matoes ever raised on the lower Florida Keys. Mr. Johnson in direct charge of this work and he said at the » that the Wright crop broug 25 © per crate on the Boston markets than any other offerings of the same ve. was getable on the market that sea- mon In the Spring of 1929 Mr Wright ed to build a small tchlog gop on the waterfront. The tion “Was ideat for the purpose as the subsequent years have shown. Mr. Johnson was in charge of the undertaking which marked the birth of Pirates’ Cove A dock tw with an app h six feet wid as Guilt. and « pierhesd up to feet The arrangement per- “i landing the largest fishing beats use in Sugar Loat + The site was of course @ somewhat place at first, but after the is was developed into location. We a lodge wa 1930 8 people attractive built and in J a comedal A tiem Mr Wright got the Coast to though ¢ wet m and from the January arty nuary believer in publ Florida Se As map the camp ins did not nationally women did tatoos Visite were Charl the tuff and M were clase friends oF Davis, known to fraternity Satur Cor Franets Cor Evening Post They " ager Bob arhier ed the ferick hoe had been th bey this entinustastr Mayor Fre Trenton, N. J Hall that January Charles A few Coe Dennetly of De Wiiliam J 1900 and the hues and FD. Edsall ington, Long Island, N.Y Havana Special Stops Sunday, January 19, 1930. acsapted. See your Wave! agent rc sat © rect over the Flagler System Ex- tension, stopped at Pirates’ Cove for the first time. It was a gala * occasion way and as we remember | | at least a tracks where the Overseas High- sed in that day, and the i | Pirates’ Cove, on a bright | j north, tov evening Miss daughter of the proprietor, trav- cled drove back on the highway that Goshen, N. Y., had been at the Cove a week and decided to re-. ; there was talk at the dock, at | hundred feet long nondescript first put wi Be and al- stop there known motoring t Key West day Rob I the and of that city in Dono of Hunt. ay. The last the windows in the flatiron famed Havana Special out of New York Citv for Key West di- Mr. Wright had paved the it, was a little station, or shelter | beside there way er name new sign. a2 The Special stopped. - going nd thereafter in sea- Cove was on the maps. of son Pirates’ Fisherman's Paradise train to make the camp broughe A. P. Lodewick, Pirates’ Cove Fishing representative. That the | i if FRANK W. LOVERING Kathryn Wright, up to Jacksonville. She week with her grandfather. it Mr. and Mrs. Dwight K. Hall of main longer as guests increased | in numbers with midseason. Mr. Hall fished nearly every day and | among all the growing party! mealtime and in the lazy quiet of ; the evening hours of bonita and barracuda, amberjack and king- | fish, fantails, yellowtails andj runners, not to say bonefish: | M. R. Handley, Westen Union telegraph operator at the camp— '! Irving Wright forgot nothing— | was expecting to get his com- mission as Pirates’ Cove post- $ 611 FRANCIS STREE STREET 3 Get Top- Quality SEE We he: 1930 January; i address !States Sugar Loaf, and wa matically post office at Key West. Comparison will prove, Quality for Quality, Value for Value. that you pay no more, and often less, when you SHOP AT THIS, Your Friendly Neighborhood Store! Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES » e Cuts of MEAT—Top Quality WE DELIVER ORDERS’ + eve the Hight ¢ master about the middle of that | nd as soon as the] United | regular | an through; thus auto-| from the! appeared in the Postal Register, handling of maisl b taken away Noted Artists Come As the winter wore on bone- | fishing devotees sent in reserva- tions looking toward spring, and Edda dada dade tna th dndnstindendintn dnd STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE = MILL ‘at All Grocers Lane neens casesesee PAUL'S CASH GROCERY |= ~ == 3 By PAUL-HEFLIN PHONE 493 for ‘Your Table CALL 493 GEORGE'S GROCERY PROMPT FREE DELIVERY CHRIS HABERLAND, Owner 1500 Newton Street PHONE 714 Old Glory Garbanzos CLORO Sugar Ripe Dry PEACTIES .. 2 Today's Brand AN CORN... 18¢ Can le 15 25c Quart “Gal. ORANGES . 29 POUND NUMAID Margarine .. 37¢ CREAMERY Y%-lb. 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Howardj A central power plant was put Chandler Christy and his wife|UP to supply the buildings, visited Pirates’ Cove in Febru-|8rounds and dock with electri- ary, and Lynn Bogue Hunt, the |City. A 12-horsepower diesel en- celebrated wild-life artist set up gine ran the generator and oper- ated the water pumping installa- se 4. | tion. ae ea eas ety ne anpexnin Major F. P. Bradford was man- tion of paintings of Florida fish r of th ik at the beach club, Miami Beach; jane ce camib sin athe s30e: the first of February. and fol-j jand Mr. and Mrs. John Caro di- lowing that he spent the balance ‘rected the kitchen. A 12-burner of the winter at the Cove. | gas range charged with bottled “Bob” Davis, Irvin S. Cobb,!gas handled the kitchen require- jRobert Ward and Charles M.jments, and there were a bright Palmer were among other visi-!and capacious new refrigerator tors at the camp. {and shiny utensils for the work Now Pirates Cove had be-/of the culinary department. “best tradi-| The dinnig hall could seat 24 Fishermen could find no guests at one time. Its walls were charming cottages more‘ cheerful in their welcome to the first patrons of Pirates’ Cove, ‘tinted in charming colors, and tthe drapes were in every way artistic. | Walls of white coral rock bor- {dered the water, paths led pz {coconut palms to the water's jedge, and boats with fishermen’ and women, too—— rode out across the blue of the channel, lending romance to the camp village where tion.” more country than Pirates’ Cove ac- commodation afforded. The sleeping rooms offered the best in beds and mattresses, high- ors to match the motif of the tub or shower and all that mod- ! in airy rooms with brightly-tinted walls and ample and thoroughly-sei aul ; dows. proughly screened: Wil! Sho ‘lave angling came and have The fourteen cottages in the with the large, lodge containing » made the place an ideal resort even be- as Highway was. AMERICAN and CUBAN COFFEE ——tTry A Found Today. as far as where railroad CARLOS’ MARKET PHONE 76 805 FLEMING STREET, Cor. William St. We Handle only the BEST of WESTERN MEAT BEEF and PORK LOINS Breakfast Bacon @ BUTTER @ CHEESE @ EGGS @ Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES GROCERIES——___—_ v You Always Do’ Better When You Shop at ARCHER’S SEMI-SELF-SERVICE MARKET Week-End Meat and FOOD zx EXTRA SPECIAL!! Quality Western Meats Super Tender POUND CUBE STEAKS 52: Lean Meaty POUND SPARERIBS.. . 38 ‘Morgan’ 's APPLE 46.Oz. JUICE... can 25 Yacht GRAPEFRUIT 46-Oz. JUICE... can L5e Libby’s ORANGE No. 2 JUICE 2 cans 19¢ GRADE A DOZEN EGGS 37¢ SLAB—Piece or Sliced LB. Bacon ... 45¢ Swift's Premium String End HAM .. Ib. 50c |b White Sugar No.2Can | NUMAID POUND * CORN .... Ile }OLEO .... 36c Pet Evaporated CAN | GRANULATED MILK Le Bumble Bee SUGARS Ib SALMON, .. . 40 Staple and Faney Groceries VO OT OOOO OOOO OV FOTIA TOV IS II AFI STIG CIV SS ISIS AICTE ACCC SCOR CPO TC UO VV TT UV OOOO? Cuda Fresh Choice Quality Finaita & Vegetables PHONE ORDERS. ACCEPTED FOR DELIVERY ARCHER'S Grocery “The Store That Serves You Best” 814 FLEMING STREET PHONES 67 and 47 We Close Every Thursday at Noon come and will be coming months and years yet unborn. Owen—she was in those days, | and is a great friend of Key West where she had and still has many friends—was called upon by Mr. line was the only one available carefree | celebrities Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR. * BRAND | PAGE FIVE ‘camp as offering “Virgin Waters on the Florida Keys. The Coast Guard had permitted the Over-jon Sugar Loaf Key, Florida.” seas Highway ferry: slips at No} publicity continued; “On Over Name Key and Lower Matecum- jseas Highway, 20 miles from Ke be to cut in on the line. Mrs.] West. Florida East Coast Reilwe Owen succeeded and later regu-! gration one mile. Motor bus, Mia- lar telephone service was ex- | mi and Key West. Best train, th in At Last—A Phone Line Congressman Ruth Bryan s 3 hrough the region. But eee Ne York Wright to get the United States tended ‘Havana Special’, ew Coast Guard to install a tele- ee oa a poe ig *, Jacksonville, Miami.” phone at the camp through con.|_ “" 1980 Urving Wright was ac-" Publicized as “Open All-¥ nection he suggested be made vertising Pirates’ Cove ene (Continued on Page Six) with the coast guard wire run- ning to Key West. 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