Why one Alabama town erects monuments to the boll weevil : c

A century ago, cotton farmers in Enterprise, Ala., faced disaster when their crops were wiped out by the pest. Rather than accept defeat, the farmers switched to growing peanuts, and now the town celebrates coming back stronger.

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