Editing Bentonville, Arkansas (section)

===Early statehood and Civil War===
[[File:Terry Block Building.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Terry Block Building]] sat the southwest corner of the Bentonville Town Square. Built in 1888, the building previously housed the Walmart Museum, adjacent to the original [[Walton's Five and Dime]], but in October 2023 it was razed as part of a renovation of the museum complex.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Questions surround Walmart Museum project |url=https://www.5newsonline.com/video/news/local/questions-surround-walmart-museum-project/527-9f4e311e-c2b4-4d9e-a319-e1266c51b135 |work=KFSM-TV |agency= |date=October 24, 2023 |access-date=October 24, 2023|ref=none}}</ref>
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Two years after Arkansas received statehood in 1836, thousands of [[Cherokee]] people from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] passed through Benton County as part of the [[Trail of Tears]] route to the [[Indian Territory]] in what is now [[Oklahoma]]. Although no [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battles were fought inside Bentonville, the city was occupied by both armies and saw almost all of its buildings burned.<ref name=":1" /> Bentonville was a staging point for the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate army]] prior to the [[Battle of Pea Ridge]], fought about {{convert|12|mi}} northeast of town, and [[Battle of Pea Ridge#Action at Bentonville, Arkansas|the town saw a brief skirmish]] just prior to the battle. 

The city began to rebuild about a decade after incorporation on April 3, 1873, with many of these [[Reconstruction Era]] buildings today serving as the oldest structures in Bentonville.

The first railroad line into the area bypassed Bentonville, instead creating the nearby town of Rogers.<ref name="Rogers">{{cite web|url= https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/rogers-benton-county-837/ |title=Rogers (Benton County)|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=August 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> So in 1883, a corporation called the Bentonville Railroad Company (a forerunner of the [[Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad]]) proceeded to link Rogers with Bentonville, about six miles.<ref name="Bentonville">{{cite web|url= https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bentonville-828/ |title=Bentonville (Benton County)|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=August 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Museum">{{cite web|url=  https://www.condrenrails.com/Frisco/Frisco-Museum-All-Aboards/AA1988.1.v2.8.pdf | title=Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad Company| publisher=All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, January 1988 (accessed on CondrenRails.com) | accessdate=August 12, 2023}}</ref>  That line has changed hands over time, but remains in use.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bentonville-828/ |title=Bentonville (Benton County)|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=August 12, 2023}}</ref>

With good transportation available, the area established a vibrant apple industry, with Benton County becoming the leading apple producing county in the nation in 1901.