Great Freeze

Entire communities, such as Earnestville, faded after the citrus crops and trees were lost to the two unusually cold-weather patterns of the winter season.

[2] A snowstorm produced unprecedented snowfall amounts along the Gulf Coast, including 20 inches (51 cm) in Houston, Texas.

All varieties of fruit (oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes) froze on the trees, and bark split from top to bottom.

Flagler sent James E. Ingraham to investigate, and he returned with a favorable report and a box of orange blossoms to show that the area had escaped the frost.

[13] By the 1940s Florida's citrus industry had rebounded greatly in the warmer central and southern portions of the state.