> Actually, the Keys start out sorta south but they curve gradually west all the way to Key West. Marathon is in the middle of the curve. Somehow, I always think of it as going south, south, south instead of south, southwest, west. I suppose Key West could have been called Key South, but they probably had a map when they named it.
> Howard

Heh. Incidentally, I remember having read several different accounts that the name "Key West" has nothing to do with westernness. Rather, it's supposedly a misunderstanding of the Spanish word "hueso", meaning "bone". The reasons given for the name vary, but nearly all of them trace back to that same Spanish word...

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