Atlas Obscura

1927 Couple Buys Everglades Adjacent Citrus Empire For Basically Nothing

In 1927, Floyd and Jane Wray purchased 320 acres of land near the Everglades for $5.00 per acre to establish a citrus orchard. They named their enterprise Flamingo Grove and planted their first orange tree on February 22, 1927. Over the next three years, the Grove expanded to…