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Bentonville

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Bentonville city (2000 pop. 19,730), seat of Benton co., extreme NW Ark., in the Ozark Mts.; settled 1837 and named for Senator Thomas Hart Benton . Local industries produce fabricated metal products, plastic molding, electronic equipment, textiles, cutting tools, modular homes, and foods, but the city is best known as the site of the headquarters of Wal-Mart, Inc., the retailing giant. The Wal-Mart visitors center is located in Sam Walton 's original local variety store. Crystal Bridges (2011), a museum of American art built by Walton's daughter, Alice, and designed by Moshe Safdie, is located in Bentonville. Peel Mansion (1875) and its gardens are on the city's outskirts.

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Bentonville, Battle of

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Bentonville, Battle of a Civil War battle fought in March 1865 in Johnston County, North Carolina between Union forces under Gen. William T. Sherman and Confederate forces under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. It was a victory for the Union and forced the Confederates to retreat to Raleigh, where Johnston later signed an armistice with Sherman, formally surrendering his army.

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	Bentonville: addressing needs spawned by growth. Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 10/17/2011
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