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Upper Matecumbe Key

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Upper Matecumbe Key was one of the first of the Upper Keys to be permanently settled. Early homesteaders were so successful at growing pineapples in the rocky soil that at one time the island yielded the country's largest annual crop. However, foreign competition and the hurricane of 1935 killed the industry. Today life centers on fishing and tourism, and the island is filled with bait shops, marinas, and charter-fishing boats.

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