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Gloria Walters
Realtor® Associate
Previews Specialist
Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate
Direct 305-453-7531
Fax 305-451-1220
Cell 305-942-6834
momrswalters@bellsouth.net
MATECUMBE
t is located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75--78.
All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997,
when it was incorporated.
It is home to the main base of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base.
The island lies to the southwest of Upper Matecumbe Key, and to the northeast
of Craig Key.
This key is the site of a number of Indian mounds and middens, most of which
were destroyed during the building of the Overseas Railroad. A number of
natural wells were also located here, at the northeast end of the key. These
wells were well known to early seafaring men as the most reliable source
of fresh water in the Keys. They, too were destroyed during the railroad
era, and the location of their site has been lost. The southwestern end of
the key is the site of a former sand mining operation.