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November 1983, the text did not include the line "90 miles to Cuba", which was still written on a smaller sign on fence next to the buoy. Next to the buoy, also as of November 1983, there was a script "America Begins" painted on a curb below the 90 miles to Cuba sign. Also at that time the buoy
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Before the concrete buoy there was a wooden sign that noted the southern point at this spot. The old wood sign as of 1970 only said "The
Southernmost Point, of Southernmost City, Key West Fla." By 1982 this had changed to "The Southernmost Point, In USA, Key West Fla". There was separate sign on a
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The southernmost point was originally marked with a small sign, before the City of Key West erected the now famous concrete buoy in 1983. The concrete buoy has overall withstood several hurricanes and is a gathering place for photographs and tourists. The paint job was damaged by
Hurricane Irma in
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The claim on the buoy stating "90 miles to Cuba" may be a rounded number, since Cuba, at its closest point is 94 statute (81 nautical) miles due south. One book author suggests they meant 90 nautical miles, from a distance of 103 statute ('regular') miles measuring from Key West to Havana, Cuba.
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Next to the marker is a cement telegraph hut. This hut housed an underwater telephone cable that connected Key West to Havana in 1921. The cable hut is a small structure just a little east of the
Southernmost marker where the cable went into the sea.
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Digital that helped find two vandals, both of whom faced over $ 1,000 in damages for criminal mischief.
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102:, Southernmost Point Continental U.S.A., Key West, F.L., Home of the Sunset". The buoy was refurbished in 2005. The phrases "90 miles to Cuba" and "Home of the Sunset" were not on the 1986 paint job.
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is roughly 90 miles south of this point in Key West, although this was not originally on the marker, but rather on a smaller sign next to marker.
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Key West in red on map is part of the Keys, with Monroe County in dark green on an inset map of the State of
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