Another “great” historical weather event happened in February 1899 when a frigid airmass moved from west to east through the country, dropping temperatures and causing the deaths of over 100 people as well as killing numerous livestock and destroying numerous crops, including a large number of orchards in Georgia.
You can read more about this outbreak at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/climate-history-great-arctic-outbreak-february-1899.
