In January 1898, The Tampa Tribune noted that the battleship USS Maine had docked in Key West. Sailors enjoyed the tropical winter weather, swimming off the Fort Taylor pier and playing baseball against cigar factory teams. ...more

October 25, 2009

U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell its nearly 300 square miles of farmland to the state of Florida for Everglades restoration. ...more

November 25, 2008

The state has agreed to pay the nation's biggest producer of sugar cane $1.34 billion, instead of the $1.75 billion originally proposed, under a revised deal to buy up vast tracts of farmland to restore the Everglades, the company said in statements Tuesday. ...more

November 12, 2008

Florida has reached a tentative deal with U.S. Sugar to revise a proposed land buy meant to boost Everglades restoration, significantly lowering the initial $1.75 billion cost, two sources familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. ...more

November 11, 2008

Florida has reached a tentative deal with U.S. Sugar to revise a proposed land buy meant to boost Everglades restoration, significantly lowering the initial $1.75 billion cost, two sources familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. ...more

November 10, 2008

State Can't Afford Deal Regarding "In 'Huge' Everglades Win, State To buy U.S. Sugar" (front page, June 25): ...more

June 28, 2008