Fort Rucker is economically the most significant industry in the Wiregrass. In the 1930s, the federal government turned 35,000 acres of land into a recreational area, including a lake, picnic areas, and a game refuge to help the region recover after the Great Depression and the Boll Weevil Depression. The land was chosen in 1941 to be the training site for 30,000 infantrymen and they called it Camp Rucker. In 1955, the Camp was changed to Fort Rucker as a permanent installation of a training camp for Army Aviation, specifically helicopter pilot training. Featured in the mural is an Apache Longbow.