Enterprise and the Boll Weevil Monument
A bronze statue of a woman holding a boll weevil above her head stands at the intersection of Main Street and College Street in Enterprise. It is the only monument in the world dedicated to an agricultural pest. The story goes like this: the boll weevil devastated cotton crops across the South in the early 1900s. Enterprise farmers, forced to diversify, switched to peanuts and other crops. The result was greater prosperity than cotton had ever provided. The town erected the monument in 1919 as an expression of gratitude for the forced change.
Enterprise is the largest city in Coffee County, with a population of about 28,000. Fort Novosel, formerly Fort Rucker, sits 15 miles to the west and is the U.S. Army's main helicopter training center. Military families form a substantial part of the city's population and economy. Many soldiers and their spouses live in Enterprise and commute to the base. Restaurants, car dealerships, and retail stores along Boll Weevil Circle cater heavily to the military market.
The city took a direct hit from an EF4 tornado on March 1, 2007, which killed eight students at Enterprise High School when the building collapsed. The school was rebuilt, and a memorial stands on the grounds. Pea River runs south of town and joins the Choctawhatchee River system. Enterprise State Community College serves the surrounding Wiregrass counties.
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A bronze statue of a woman holding a boll weevil above her head stands at the intersection of Main Street and College Street in Enterprise. It is the only monument in the world dedicated to an agricultural pest. The story goes like this: the boll weevil devastated cotton crops across the South in the early 1900s. Enterprise farmers, forced to diversify, switched to peanuts and other crops. The result was greater prosperity than cotton had ever provided. The town erected the monument in 1919 as an expression of gratitude for the forced change.
Enterprise is the largest city in Coffee County, with a population of about 28,000. Fort Novosel, formerly Fort Rucker, sits 15 miles to the west and is the U.S. Army's main helicopter training center. Military families form a substantial part of the city's population and economy. Many soldiers and their spouses live in Enterprise and commute to the base. Restaurants, car dealerships, and retail stores along Boll Weevil Circle cater heavily to the military market.
The city took a direct hit from an EF4 tornado on March 1, 2007, which killed eight students at Enterprise High School when the building collapsed. The school was rebuilt, and a memorial stands on the grounds. Pea River runs south of town and joins the Choctawhatchee River system. Enterprise State Community College serves the surrounding Wiregrass counties.
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