Longboat Key celebrates its 65th “birthday” on November 13th in recognition of being officially incorporated as a town. Of course, that wasn’t the beginning of the admiration for this Island nor was it about its name, having been referred to as Longboat Key for generations prior. Legend has it that the name came from boats that the Spanish used called longboats. Juan Anasco, a scout for Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, left behind his longboat as he and his crew fled in fear of the Native Americans who inhabited the Key.

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