Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville is the county seat for Benton County
Bentonville is in Benton County
Benton County(171) ► ADJACENT TO BENTON COUNTY Carroll County(63) ► Madison County(3) ► Washington County(131) ► Barry County, Missouri(10) ► McDonald County, Missouri(1) ► Adair County, Oklahoma(1) ► Delaware County, Oklahoma(4) ►
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Headquarters & Headquarters Battery
1st Battalion
142nd Field Artillery
November 21, 1990 - September 17, 1991
In honor of those who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m242844) WM
The first court house in Benton County, built of hewed logs was erected on this site (at Bentonville) in 1837, the year after the county was created. It was named for Thomas H Benton. — — Map (db m19880) HM
Benton County Hardware, circa 1893, W.J. Doke proprietor. First Motor Co. and first gas station in alley beside store. Recently housed Bentonville Furniture. — — Map (db m54310) HM
To insure protection during its lifetime, owner Bill Bradford on April 11, 1975, legally willed to itself this tree and all land within a radius of 10 feet from its trunk and donated its use to the city of Bentonville as a mini-park in celebration . . . — — Map (db m50368) HM
Named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy, it covered land on Little Sugar and Brush Creeks extending eastward three miles from their confluence at this point.
Brig. Gen. Nicholas Bart Pearce established it in July, 1861 . . . — — Map (db m225100) HM
Col. Samuel W. Peel House
Built 1876
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m167937) HM
All 4 sides
Confederate
Side 1
To the Southern Soldiers
Side 2
Their names are borne on honor's shield.
Their record is with God.
Side 3
They fought for home and fatherland.
Side . . . — — Map (db m21242) HM
The word "Usonian" was derived from an abbreviation of "United States of North America." Frank Lloyd Wright embraced this term as the name for a distinct American and democratic style of residential architecture he developed during the Great . . . — — Map (db m108874) HM
On the morning of March 6, 1862, Gen. Franz Sigel was eating his breakfast at the Eagle Hotel which stood on this site. He had remained here with 600 men and a battery of six pieces after the main column of his army had passed through Bentonville on . . . — — Map (db m22447) HM
"Everything that's ever going to be of use to you—in architecture or in life or anywhere you go or whatever you do—is going to be nature."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) lived during a period of rapid . . . — — Map (db m108873) HM
In 1953 Gloria and Abraham Wilson wrote to Frank Lloyd Wright to commission a home.
Gloria's brother, Marvin Bachman, had been one of Wright's apprentices, and the couple hoped that using both their last names might help them secure the . . . — — Map (db m108879) HM
Peoples Bank circa 1887. Robbed in 1893 by Henry Starr and his gang. Bullet holes can be seen in the building across the street — — Map (db m236882) HM
In 1913, W.T. and Lennie Barnett Ivy moved to what is now the corner of Ivy Place and McCollum Drive. The original home, circa 1900, was destroyed by fire in 1925. The Ivy's rebuilt the existing Prairie-style Craftsman farm house in 1926, . . . — — Map (db m224952) HM
The Osage Nation first used the area now known as Bentonville for their hunting grounds. The Osage would leave their settlements to hunt in present day Benton County for months at a time before returning to their families. Settlers first . . . — — Map (db m237837) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Colonel Young House
1873 — — Map (db m224903) HM
"As legend has it"
They have a connection to Bentonville. Notice how well dressed they are. They should be after robbing the Craig & Son's General Store right in this neighborhood. Disappointed to only get $200, they helped themselves to fine . . . — — Map (db m236897) HM
In 1936. Thaden won the Bendix Trophy Race in the first year women were allowed access to compete against men. She set a new world record of 14 hours, 55 minutes from New York City to Los Angeles, California. In her astonishing victory, she flew . . . — — Map (db m236883) HM
Built in 1890 by Capt. NH Henry
Captain Henry served in the Civil War as a member of General Stonewall Jackson's artillery. After the war Henry moved to Bentonville where he helped build Bentonville's first steam railway and served as a . . . — — Map (db m225133) HM
