[Rebelbase]

"In 1894-95 there was a massive freeze including blizzards in December 1894 and February 1895."

One of the best books I have ever read is A Land Remembered

It's a yarn about a family of true Florida Crackers settling the wilderness of Florida written in the theme of Lonesome Dove crossed with a James Mitchner novel.

There's a detailed section about the killing freeze you mentioned and the havoc it wreaked on Florida farmers and orange growers.

[Yulee]

Thank you.

I remember my grandmother reading one of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ books, because it described how many people lived in North Central Florida in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

She grew up on a farm near Salem, Florida, which is south of Perry.

[TnTnTn]

Thanks for the information about the Florida book...ordered it...