Cedar Keys Lighthouse

The Cedar Keys Lighthouse was constructed in 1854 on Seahorse Key under the supervision of Lieutenant George G. Meade, who, in 1863, would command the Union Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg.

After the start of the Civil ...

Cedar Key Museum State Park

Picturesque Cedar Key, on Florida's Gulf Coast, was a thriving port city and railroad connection during the 19th century. The museum contains exhibits that depict its colorful history during that era. Part of the collection has sea shells and Indian ...

Cedar Key Historical Society Museum

Located in the c.1871 Lutterloh Building, this museum contains an extensive collection of historic Cedar Keys photographs, documents and area artifacts. Displays include Civil War objects such as an inscribed wooden grave marker from Seahorse Key of a Union sailor ...

Cedar Key

At the beginning of the Civil War, Cedar Key was an important transportation center as a Gulf port city, and as the western terminus of the Florida Railroad from Fernandina. During the war, the Cedar Keys area was an active ...

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve

Salt marshes on the Gulf of Mexico give way to a succession of swamps, hardwood forests, pine flatwoods and scrub, providing splendid opportunities for nature study and wildlife observation. The scrub is dominated by species such as sand live oak, ...

John Muir at Cedar Key

John Muir, noted naturalist and conservation leader, spent several months in Florida in 1867. He arrived at Cedar Key in October, seven weeks after setting out from Indiana on a "thousand-mile walk to the Gulf." Muir's journal account of his ...