Thomas says Enterprise learned to be strong from the Boll Weevil. The pest taught the town the value of a diverse economy.

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You know,I thought there was a possibly an opportunity there to try and turn a pest into something that might be profitable."

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The town of Enterprise has applied a turn-of-the-century economic lesson, learned from an agricultural pest.

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He highlights the example of potato blight, a common pest that can destroy crops.

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(VOICE) Scott Smith is Local historian, "how a pest that really caused so much economic hardship, oddly contributed to great changes in agriculture and to the prosperity of this region."

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