Piggy Bank pig.

Monument to the Pig that Inspired the Piggy Bank

White Cloud, Kansas

This is known officially as the Wilbur Chapman monument. Wilbur, a local ten-year-old, owned Pete, a prized pig. He sold Pete in 1910 to raise money for a leper colony. The story caught the attention of the press and then the people, so much so that "piggy banks" were invented as a generic way to save money.

E.B. White named the pig in Charlotte's Web "Wilbur" in honor of Wilbur, while all poor Pete got was a monument that isn't even named after him.

Monument to the Pig that Inspired the Piggy Bank

Wilbur Chapman Monument

Address:: 200 Main St., White Cloud, KS
Directions:: On the north side of Main St., just west of Hwy 7, in front of the Community Church.

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