Birthplace of Walmart - Bentonville, Arkansas

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Nov 30, 20218:55History

Bentonville has a ton of history, from the thousands of Cherokee people from Georgia who passed through Benton County as part of the Trail of Tears, to having almost all of the cities buildings burned during the Civil Wa...

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