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Pink Gold - Key Largo, Florida

Soon after the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus pioneers who planted groves of Key limes, tamarind and breadfruit.
in 1492, other adventurers came to the New World. Ponce de Leon and Railroad tycoon Henry Flagler built his impossible railroad “that went
his chronicler, Antonio de Herrera, both Spanish adventurers, came in to sea,” and wealthy visitors came. Then the Great Depression hit, and
search of the elusive Fountain of Youth. Search as they might, they never many of the industries of the Keys disappeared in the 1930s. A ferocious
found it, but they did find the Florida Keys. hurricane wiped out Flagler’s railroad that same decade. By 1938, the
It was a Sunday, May 15, 1513, and Herrera wrote in his journal: “To famed Florida Keys Overseas Highway was opened with hopes of
all this line of islands and rock islets they have given the name of Los rebuilding the economy from the weather-beaten, shabby era of the
Martires (The Martyrs) because, seen from a distance, the rocks as they ’30s. But then WWII began, and all hopes of cashing in on tourist gold
rose to view appeared like men who were suffering; and the name were gone. The Navy built a submarine base here, and in 1949, shrimp
remained fitting because of the many that have been lost there since.” harvesting came to the Keys. Quickly, the little seafood became known
Though they were in sight of the Keys, there is no record of anyone locally as “Pink Gold,” and the tourists finally started coming in droves.
having come ashore in the Keys. For hundreds of years, the islands were Today, the area boasts more than three million visitors each year.
left to the pirates, until the fledgling U.S. Navy chased them away in 1822. The staff at Fish House Restaurant welcomes you to Key Largo, and
As the Native American tribes died out, the area was settled by we hope you enjoy your stay.

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