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The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama. "After the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the area's cotton, locals began diversified farming. In gratitude for the resulting prosperity, the city erected a monument to the boll weevil in 1919." [from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., s.v. Enterprise."] Series VII.1, Photographs, Box 7.1/3, file "II. Photographs--Boll Weevil Monument, Alabama," USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

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