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Peel Mansion & Gardens : details
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Peel Mansion & GardensBentonville, AR, 72712 501-273-9664 URL : http://www.peelmansion.org overview : 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. |