BENTON — Do-it-yourself was pretty much the only way to go in antebellum Arkansas. Local builders had to make their own bricks in 1852 when German immigrant John William Shoppach had his house built in Benton, Jack Schnedler writes in Thursday’s Style section.
Arkansas had been a state for just 16 years, and Benton was a village of a few hundred residents. Learn more about the historic sites of Benton.
Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.