Established in 1934 during the Great Depression, Camp Three housed 250 Bonus Army veterans until September 2, 1935, when one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded destroyed everything there. The eye of the hurricane passed over nearby Craig Key with a recorded barometric pressure of 26.35 inches and winds in excess of 200 miles per hour. Only eight of the veterans were known to have survived. The only visible remains of their work are the Veterans Key and the eight "coffins" that were to be the foundation for a bridge linking Lower Matecumbe Key with Long Key. Housed first in tents and then wooden cottages, these veterans, with an average age of 40, were supposed to live after having survived World War I. One hundred and ten were identified and buried in Miami at Woodlawn Cemetery. Due to health concerns at the time, the remaining bodies recovered were quickly cremated.