The First Christian Missionaries
In the center of Main Street in Alabama, stands one of the strangest monuments in the world. It's a memorial to an insect! Nicely carved in stone is the image of a boll weevil. In the early days almost everyone in the community grew cotton. But as the years rolled on, a serious weevil infested the area. As a result, it became almost impossible for the crop to reach maturity. George Washington Carver and the scientists became deeply concerned about the situation. Intensive studies began to see if any substitute crop could be grown in that part of the country. Raising peanuts was the answer. In time, cotton gins were forgotten in that region, and it became known as the peanut center of the world. Soon the farmers' profits far exceeded what they had earned from their best cotton yield. The destructive insect they had feared had actually triggered th...