Tour Teaches Town History
Posted: September 30, 2012 at 5:50 a.m.
Two dozen residents were schooled on the history of downtown Bentonville during walking tours of West Central Avenue on Saturday.
At A Glance
Bean Supper
The Benton County Historical Society will host a bean supper from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at its headquarters, 306 N.W. Second Street. Beans, cornbread and cobbler will be served. Music and demonstrations will entertain guests. Tickets are $10 a person. For more information, call the society at 273-3561.
SOURCE: Staff Report
At A Glance
City History
Bentonville was originally named Osage after the Osage Indians who hunted in the area when white settlers first moved to the area in 1837. The community was renamed Bentonville after Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri in 1841 and was incorporated on April 3, 1873.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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