Boll Weevil Monument

Boll Weevil Monument, in the center of town at jct. Main and College sts., may well be the country's only tribute to an insect. Erected in 1919, it memorializes the destructive beetle that crippled cotton farming throughout the South. The resulting economic shift from agriculture to industry ushered in a new era. An inscription on the statue reads, “In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity.”