sentences:  The city began to rebuild about a decade after incorporation on April 3, 1873, with many of these Reconstruction Era buildings today serving as the oldest structures in Bentonville.After the war, the area established a vibrant apple industry, with Benton County becoming the leading apple producing county in the nation in 1901.In the 1920s and 1930s the county developed a reputation as a leader in poultry production that continued into the World War II years, and which the area still maintains today.