She Tried
To Persuade Railroad Magnate Henry Flagler
To Expand His Rail Line
The Florida East Coast Railway
Southward
To
The Area
But He Initially Declined
In December 1894
Florida Was Struck By
A Freeze That Destroyed Virtually
The Entire Citrus Crop
In
The Northern Half Of
The State
A Few Months Later
On
The Night Of February 7
1895
The Northern Part Of Florida Was Hit
By Another Freeze That Wiped Out
The Remaining Crops And
The New Trees
Unlike Most Of
The Rest Of
The State
The Miami Area Was Unaffected
Tuttle Wrote
To Flagler Again
Asking Him
To Visit
The Area And
To See
It
For Himself
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
Flagler Followed Up With His Own Visit
And Concluded At
The End Of His First Day That
The Area Was Ripe
For Expansion
He Made
The Decision
To Extend His Railroad
To Miami
And Build
A Resort Hotel
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Northeast Florida
County roads
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the operations affect and
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