Featured Plaque:

A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump No. 2 Engine

 From the 19th century to present day, the economy of Arkansas County has been based on agriculture, especially rice farming. An essential part of rice farming is having enough water at the right time to flood the fields. Natural water sources sufficed only until well technology developed in 1915. The advantages of a farmer owning his own pump meant it could be sunk anywhere on his property...

• arkansas
• farming
• rice
• fairbanks morse