Walking Beside the Cemetery, Olivia Street, Key West Jacqueline Allen Trimble The City Cemetery was established in 1847 on “high ground, sixteen feet above sea level” in Key West  following the disastrous hurricane of October 11, 1846,  where the then beachside cemetery was unearthed due  to the winds and seas.                                    —“Historic Key West City Cemetery,” City of Key West Florida In Key West, the living surround the dead,  who are the best neighbors  silent and agreeable as well-swept porches.  A fence that separates this [...]