Boll Weevil Monument

In 1919 city councilman Roscoe Owen 'Bon' Fleming proposed a commemoration, and on 11 December the city dedicated a statue in the middle of Main Street. Smithsonian Magazine, in 2017, says a local merchant commissioned the marble figure from an Italian sculptor, while the inscription credits the citizens of Enterprise. The original showed a classical Greek-style woman on a pedestal in a fountain, holding a small fountain overhead. The inscription reads: 'In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the Herald of Prosperity this monument was erected by the Citizens of Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.'

The insect itself arrived 30 years later. In 1949 artist Luther Baker suggested replacing the fountain in her hands with a weevil and made a four-legged model from linotype metal. It was stolen in 1953 and replaced by a larger, six-legged sculpture. The statue has been repeatedly vandalised; in July 1999 its arms were torn off and taken along with the weevil. The Encyclopedia says Enterprise has repaired and replaced pieces as needed, and the monument is now surrounded by a spear-tipped fence.

The chamber of commerce's website lists a trail of decorated fibreglass weevil statues around downtown.