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Why does Enterprise, Alabama have a Boll Weevil Monument to hail the Pest and how did it Originate?

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Why does Enterprise, Alabama have a Boll Weevil Monument to hail the Pest and how did it Originate?

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Enterprise, Alabama has a Boll Weevil Monument to show appreciation to the insect as a “herald of prosperity”. It’s currently the only monument in the world built to honor an agricultural pest. Boll weevils destroyed the entire cotton crop in southern Alabama, and local farmers were forced to try a variety of other crops that en