calsfoundation@cals.org
April 15, 2011
Arkansas native Wilton Robert (Witt) Stephens was born in Grant County in 1907. Stephens was a major player in Arkansas politics and economic development in the last half of the twentieth century, and he was the leading force in the development of the state’s natural gas industry after World War II. At one time, his company, Stephens, Inc., was the largest brokerage firm off Wall Street.