Excerpt from History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More Arkansas is a state of more than ordinary interest. Its his tory is replete with the elements of romance and abounds with the robust material of practical life. No better view of this state, showing its origin, its development, present status and prospects could be had than by looking at the story of its newspaper life. Mr. Fred W. Allsopp, equipped by nature with a literary turn of mind, trained by thirty years in the business management of the state's greatest newspaper, has undertaken the compilation of a Newspaper History of Arkansas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.