Tampa Bay Times

Lighthouse preservationist and Egmont Key champion was a ‘fierce defender of history’

Richard Johnson, who was also a longtime St. Petersburg sailing instructor, died at 75. Richard Johnson is pictured in 2009, dressed in a reproduction of the uniform worn by U.S. Lighthouse Service ...
Orlando Sentinel

LAST OF THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS EGMONT KEY CREW MANS A FINAL OUTPOST

Tim Ganley sails to work on his 16-foot catamaran, docking beside turquoise water. James Flanagan packs enough food for two weeks, kisses his wife and baby daughter goodbye, grabs his briefcase and ...
Bradenton Herald

Egmont Key provided shelter against Confederates in Civil War

Florida was the third state to secede from the United States and join the Confederacy. It was also one of the pivotal states when it came to the blockade, which intended to keep the South isolated ...
Tampa Bay Times

They can’t turn back waves, but USF and Seminoles are preserving Egmont Key in digital form

The team is creating three-dimensional images of the historic island in case it finally disappears. Their three weeks of scanning winds up at the end of the month. Graduate students and staff from the ...
Orlando Sentinel

ISLAND IN THE STREAM EGMONT KEY HAS BEEN A FORT, A REFUGE, A PRISON. IT HAS A WILD PAST. ITS FUTURE IS UP FOR GRABS.

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD David Neal can’t help but feel a little smug as he strolls along the sugar-white beaches of tiny Egmont Key, occasionally wading in crystalline waters that are the stuff of travel ...