Series VII.1, Photographs, Box 7.1/3, file "II. Photographs--Boll weevil monument, Alabama," USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.
The Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama. "After the boll weevil destroyed
(1910-15) the area's cotton, diversified farming was begun. 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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