Deadly Disasters in the Virgin Islands - 🌺 Vintage Virgin Islands

Honoring Hurricane Heroes Past and Present

HMS Valkyrien ~ Crew Hurricane of 1916 Just over 100 years ago, a hurricane in October of 1916 tore through […]

By Dr. Dante Beretta For every bad, there is a good. West Indian saying When the barometer reading steadily dropped […]

After Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands destroying everything in its path, I started to think about life differently. ⛈ […]

New Book Launching I recently attended a fascinating presentation on the launching of a new book about the fate of […]

Note: This image is a part of the Estus H. Magoon Collection, Item No. 1398. It was used to share […]

The Schooner, Eagle Last year, I shared a fascinating story about the inter-island sloop, Eagle. Included were rare photographs of her crew […]

A group of captive men from the African Akwamu tribe planned an attack against their masters at Estate Fortsberg in Coral Bay. […]

Imagine saying farewell to your loved one at the dock as they boarded a boat, then discovering later that they […]

ON THIS DAY, the costliest and deadliest hurricane of 1867, hit the British Virgin Islands and the Danish West Indies! […]

St. Thomas was struck by one of the most destructive hurricanes in the history of the Danish West Indies! ⚡ The […]

Launching The Fancy Me The Fancy Me was a locally-built schooner that became infamous when she was lost in a hurricane with […]

On this day in 1909, a horrific fire destroyed the iconic building which housed the Telegraph Office in St. Thomas! The […]