The Boll Weevil is a beetle that destroys cotton. In OTL, it arrived in the USA in 1892, and by 1915 had migrated throughtout the South. In the 1970s, the technology to combat the Boll Weevil had been developed, and the South's cotton industry recovered.
So, POD - the Boll Weevil makes it to Texas (in small numbers) by 1842, and has infested the South by 1855.
Impacts?
Mike Turcotte
So, POD - the Boll Weevil makes it to Texas (in small numbers) by 1842, and has infested the South by 1855.
Impacts?
Mike Turcotte