Why one Alabama town erects monuments to the boll weevil
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In the center of Enterprise, Alabama, there's an intersection honoring an insect. "We are one of the few cities in the world where you have, in the middle of town, a pest that's standing up on a pedestal," said Mayor William E. Cooper.
It demonstrates, he said, how "Enterprise is a small town with a big heart."
But more than a century ago, a small creature – the boll weevil – nearly destroyed this town. It came for the cotton.
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