January 7, 1924, dawned mild in the Rio Grande Valley, with temperatures ranging from 32 to 34 degrees, a far cry from the frostbite-inducing lows that threatened the region just hours before. As the mercury plummeted to its lowest point of the season, the towns of Mission, Weslaco, Mercedes, and Harlingen held their collective breath, anticipating the worst. But when the cold wave finally passed, the damage was minimal. Fruit trees, once thought to be in peril, stood unscathed, their branches unbroken. The citrus growers of Hidalgo County, who had braced for the worst, breathed a collective sigh of relief when they awoke to find their crops intact.
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- State: Texas
- Category: No category, as there is no crime story
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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