ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI RAILROAD
BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE OZARKS
CHEROKEE CASINO
CHOCTAW CASINO
COMPTON GARDENS
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN ART
THE GREAT PASSION PLAY
MILDRED B. COOPER MEMORIAL CHAPEL
MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS
PEEL MANSION MUSEUM &
HERITAGE GARDENS
VETERANS WALL OF HONOR
THE WALMART VISITORS CENTER
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI RAILROAD
306 East Emma / Springdale, AR 72764 / 800-687-8600
www.arkansasmissouri-rr.com
THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI RAILROAD offers you 'A Window Seat to History' -- an opportunity to travel in the style of a bygone era. You can still enjoy the leisurely elegance of real train travel through the mountains and valleys of Northwest Arkansas. Over trestles with views for miles and through a quarter mile tunnel, your journey will take you all the way to the top of the scenic Boston Mountains and into the historic Arkansas River Basin. The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is one of the few commercial lines left in the United States that operates both freight and passenger service. All of our passengers travel the regular working rails in refurbished antique passenger or parlor coaches.
RIDE BACK TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAVEL in beautifully restored turn-of-the-century passenger cars with elegant inlaid mahogany interior or a 1950s-era parlor car. Each excursion train is staffed with knowledgeable passenger conductors to provide a nostalgic touch and historical commentary – a treat for the beginning and seasoned rail traveler alike.
BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE OZARKS
4703 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72764
479-750-2620 / www.bgozarks.org/
The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks celebrates the spirit of the Ozarks through a series of expertly designed and intensively maintained outdoor spaces and the unique timber-framed Totemeier Horticulture Center.
The Garden is a place for learning and wonder, celebration and contemplation for the Northwest Arkansas community and all who visit. Come visit soon, and get to know your Garden!
CHEROKEE CASINO WEST SILOAM SPRINGS
U.S. Highway 412 and State Highway 59
West Siloam Springs / 1-800-754-4111
www.cherokeecasino.com/
At Cherokee Casino in Siloam Springs you can experience the thrill of action and testing your luck 24 hours a day. Enjoy 50,000 square feet of electronic games and table games, music, drinks and dancing at Twisters bar, or taste the delicious menu items at Sidewalk Cafe. And construction is underway on our new $83 million casino with 600 new electronic games, 10 more poker and table games, more restaurants, and a bigger nightclub with a stage and dance floor.
CHOCTAW CASINO
www.choctawcasinos.com
SEVEN LUCKY LOCATIONS!
Take it slow with our 5 cent gaming machines, or try to break the bank on a $25 machine! With thousands of dollars paid out each day, our gaming machines are the hottest action in town.
Our cashless version of traditional gaming machines has all the features of the fast-paced action of coin machines, except there is no need for players to keep track of coin filled cups. Use one of our Pin-Controlled account cards on Reel Time gaming machines or cash out your secured paper ticket receipts on our other machines with one of our floor runners or cashiers.
Whether your casino choice is large or small, we have it all!
COMPTON GARDENS
312 N. Main Street / Bentonville, AR 72712 / 479-254-3870
www.comptongardens.org/
In 2002, the Peel House Foundation was gifted the 6.5 acre garden and home of Dr. Neil Compton, physician, author, photographer, naturalist and "savior of the Buffalo River."
The Garden
The garden has been developed into a native/woodland garden which is quickly becoming a regional destination garden. It provides a beautiful and peaceful environment containing a native and woodland plant collection. The garden is dedicated to the advancement and appreciation of gardening, horticulture and conservation within an aesthetic landscape.
The Homesite
The Compton homesite has been re-modeled - the upper level is a Conference Center. The lower level is home to the Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society, the Benton County Historical Society and the Benton County Cemetery Preservation Group.
Admission: Free self-guided tours
Hours: Dawn through dusk daily
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Opening 2010
Bentonville, Arkansas / www.crystalbridges.com
Crystal Bridges will house a museum of American art, which will be on view in more than 25,000 square feet of gallery space. The majority of the exhibit space will be devoted to American masterworks, from the Colonial era to the 20th century. Additional gallery space will be dedicated to regional art and artists including Native American art as well as touring collections drawn from national art institutions. Sculpture will also figure prominently in the permanent collection, on view in interior galleries and outdoor sculpture gardens.
THE GREAT PASSION PLAY
935 Passion Play Road / Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632
866-566-3565 / http://www.greatpassionplay.com
An unforgettable and inspiring performance enjoyed by more than seven million people from all over the world for over 35 years.
Experience the wonder and glory of the Greatest Story Ever Told -- The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas! A cast of hundreds perform amid historically accurate stage settings, The Great Passion Play brings to life the thrilling, epic drama surrounding Christ’s last days on earth, death and resurrection.
Performed in our stunning 4,100 seat panoramic outdoor amphitheater, The Great Passion Play features state-of-the art sound and lighting effects and original music in a dramatic two-hour presentation of the last week in the incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth.
Witness the colorful spectacle of the marketplace, the pageantry of the chariots and camel caravan, and the hustle and bustle of the crowds as they go about their daily activities drawing water from the well or herding their sheep through the streets of Jerusalem.
MILDRED B. COOPER MEMORIAL CHAPEL
P.O. Box 5001, Bella Vista, Arkansas 72714
479-855-6598 / www.beautifulbellavista.com/chapel.htm
What explodes onto your senses when you first behold the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel is not at all what was anticipated when you began down the meandering trail from the parking lot. It is not only the Chapel's lofty heights, or the massive wooden doors, or even the arches upon arches that gracefully flow above and below each other giving the impression of airy wonder...What is most impressive is that a building of this magnitude, designed and created by the mind of a man, could so seamlessly fit into the natural scene which envelopes it.
Admission: Free
Hours: 9am - 5pm Monday through Friday
MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS
202 SW 'O' Street / Bentonville, Arkansas
479-273-2456 / www.museumofnativeamericanartifacts.org
The Museum of Native American Artifacts welcomes you to a, "Walk through Pre-Historic Time." The Museum has on display, the actual artifacts left behind by America's first ancestors. You will be guided through what America was like prior to the modern day Indian tribes. The Museum is a restored, early 20th century house. It is the home to David Bogle's Native American Artifacts Collection.
Open Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00am - 3:00pm
PEEL MANSION MUSEUM & HERITAGE GARDENS
400 South Walton Blvd. / Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
479-273-9664 / www.peelmansion.org
The Peel Mansion - In 1875, Colonel Samuel West Peel built a marvelous villa tower Italianate Mansion on the outskirts of Bentonville, Arkansas. It was a working farmstead surrounded by 180 acres of apple trees.
Colonel Peel, pioneer businessman, Indian agent and Confederate soldier, was the first native born Arkansan to serve in the U.S. Congress. He and his wife, Mary Emaline Berry Peel, raised nine children here.
Much care was taken in erecting this magnificent house. The timbers are of sturdy yellow pine. The walls are made of local brick, late embellished by a stucco exterior. Exterior stone sills and lintels were finely carved by a local stone mason.
The front hall is a sophisticated presentation of rare pine graining and a gracefully turned walnut balustrade stairway. Authentically designed curtains and colors derived from meticulous research embellish this softly lighted Victorian interior of the 1870's. There is a rare Anglo-Japanese mantle in the library and unusual Greek Revival molded trim in the parlor. Kerosene lamps and chandeliers lighted the darkness in the Peel household of many years ago and careful attention to this reality has resulted in a display of unusual lighting devices complete with globes, chimneys, wicks, and authentic period details. Rugs, coverlets, furniture and other accessories create a truly authentic interior of the early Victorian period.
Heritage Gardens - The Peel Mansion site is also an outdoor museum of historic roses, perennials and native plants. Careful research over many months has resulted in an extensive inventory of nineteenth century plantings. Descendants of early settlers were interviewed for their childhood memories of early gardens. The 1845 Jacob Smith Nursery list from Fayetteville served as a documentary source. Various vignette gardens are interlaced among curvilinear walks and large shade trees creating a most appropriate setting for this great historic building of northwest Arkansas.
Admission: $3 - Adults; $1 - Children, 6-12
Hours: 10am - 4pm Tuesday through Saturday
VETERANS WALL OF HONOR
103 Veterans Way / Bella Vista, AR 72716
479-855-4421 / www.veteransmonumentbellavistaar.com/
The Veterans Council of Northwest Arkansas planned and built the beautiful Veterans Wall of Honor in Bella Vista to honor the military service of all Veterans. The Veterans Wall of Honor features concentric curved wall panels with about 4,200 veteran’s names in it. The monument is ringed by 18 historical flags and 120 feet of cast bronze historical plaques. It also has a 36-foot timeline of major military events, walls containing the preamble to the Constitution, military seals and historical quotes. Here visitors can be reminded of the sacrifices made by so many to create and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today.
Admission: Free
Hours: 7am - 10pm, 365 days a year
THE WALMART VISITORS CENTER
105 North Main Street / Bentonville, AR 72712 / 479-273-1329
www.walmartstores.com/AboutUs/287.aspx
Located in Sam Walton's original Bentonville variety store, the Wal-Mart Visitors Center traces the origin and growth of Wal-Mart.
The center was created as an educational and informative facility for those interested in this American retailing success story.
Admission: free
Hours: 9am - 5pm Tuesday through Saturday
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