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To: kingattax

I’m guessing that this store was in Arkansas. Anyone know the town?


3 posted on 01/03/2015 8:30:17 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: snoringbear

Bentonville. Now museum.


7 posted on 01/03/2015 8:32:57 AM PST by donozark (Andrea Chalupa:"Ukraine is fighting for survival. The UN is fighting for relevancy.")
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To: snoringbear
Rogers, Arkansas. Started as a "five and dime" on July 2, 1962. The store later expanded and relocated to another area in Rogers but the original store still serves a a visitor center.

Below is what the store looked like 10 years later (after the relocation). "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan was playing in some of those car radios at the time.


11 posted on 01/03/2015 8:35:09 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: snoringbear

Bentonville, Arkansas, on the west side of the square.


28 posted on 01/03/2015 9:02:09 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: snoringbear

I’ll take Bentonville for $800 Alex...


57 posted on 01/03/2015 10:25:26 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: snoringbear

That was his store in Bentonville which he opened in the 50’s after losing the
lease on a location in Newport, Ak. That location is now the Walmart Museum.
In 1962 he opened the first Walmart in Rogers Ak and the rest is history.


64 posted on 01/03/2015 10:44:11 AM PST by deport
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