First Monument to an Insect

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About the first monument to an insect built in 1919 in Enterprise Alabama for the mighty boll weevil.

JOSEPH NATHAN KANE'S 12 BEST ODDITIES

Honoring an Insect. The citizens of Enterprise, Ala., dedicated the 1st monument to an insect on December 11, 1919, "in profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity." Because of the destruction that the weevils caused, farmers were forced to diversify their crops, resulting in a tripling of their income over the best cotton years.


© 1975 - 1981 by David Wallechinsky & Irving Wallace
Reproduced with permission from "The People's Almanac" series of books.
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