Ernest Hemingway House & Museum
907 Whitehead St
Key West, FL

Visit the home of the Nobel Prize winning author.  
See the six toed cats and the office where
Hemingway wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "To
Have and Have Not".  Guided Tour.

HERITAGE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ROBERT FROST
COTTAGE
296-3573 · Email: heritagehouse@aol.com
410 Caroline St. · Key West, FL 33040
Open Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission
is $7 for guided and $5 for self-guided tours.
Discounts for children, senior citizens and military
are available. Experience true island hospitality
during a visit to this 19th century sea captain's
colonial house, containing original furnishings, rare
antiques and unusual seafaring artifacts. The orchid
filled garden adjoining the Robert Frost Cottage, is a
real treat! Facilities are available for special event
Key Deer

Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys is known for
its Key Deer.  If you are driving through the
Keys, you can not help noticing that you are
approaching the National Key Deer Refuge
because the speed limit changes from 45
MPH to 30 MPH at night.
This speed limit is strictly enforced by law
enforcement.  This area is from Mile Marker
29 to Mile Marker 33.  In the Winn Dixie Plaza
in Big Pine, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
operates an information center on the Key
Deer and its habitat. (Directions: Go north on
Key Deer Blvd. or Wilder Road. The
information center is located across from
the Winn Dixie in part of the strip center.)
The shoulder height of Key deer is between 24-32 inches.  Does weigh 45 to 65 pounds
while bucks weigh 55 to 80.  Rutting season activities begin in September, peaking in
early October and decreasing gradually through November and December.  Some
breeding may occur as late as February.  The gestation period is 204 days with fawns
born April through June.  At birth fawns weigh 2 to 4 pounds.  Antlers on mature bucks
are dropped February through March, and re-growth begins almost immediately so that
by June, bucks with 2-inch stubs are seen.  Antler growth is completed by August, and
velvet is rubbed and kicked off in early September.

They feed on native plants such as red, black and white mangroves, thatch palm berries
and over 160 other species of plants.  Key deer can tolerate small amounts of salt water,
but fresh water is essential for their survival.  They must also have suitable habitat to
ensure their future existence.  No records exist documenting the origin of the deer in the
keys.  It is believed that the deer migrated to the Keys from the mainland many
thousands of years ago, across a long land bridge.  As the Wisconsin Glacier melted,
the sea rose dividing the land bridge into small islands now known as the Florida Keys.

For more information, contact:  United States Department of the Interior Florida Keys
National Wildlife Refuges,  PO Box 430510,  Big Pine Key,  Florida 33043-0510
Phone: 305-872-0774Fax: 305-872-2154

Much of this information was obtained from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication "Facts on
the Key Deer", which is available at their information center.
Florida Keys Attractions
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