While Columbus is attributed with bringing citrus to America, Spanish explorers planted the first orange trees around St. Augustine, Florida in the mid 1500s. By the 19th century, oranges were growing wild throughout many of the state’s forests. By 1915, commercial production was at all time high. Hard work shimmered like copper coins in the sun, when Henry and George stepped off an orphan train to meet their new foster parents. Life for these two young boys would never be the same.