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Boll weevil monument

Posted by Stephanie Shackelford  Published in Creativity, Productivity

          In the small Southern town of Enterprise, Alabama, stands a statue of a woman in a flowing gown holding a boll weevil in her upraised hands. The plaque at her feet reads, “After the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the area’s cotton, locals began diversified farming. In gratitude for the [...]

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