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Within the fifth year, the store was generating $250,000 in revenue. The lease then expired for the location and Walton was unable to reach an agreement for renewal, so he opened up a new store at 105 N. Main Street in Bentonville, naming it "Walton's Five and Dime". [27] [28] That store is now the Walmart Museum. [29] Logo used from 1962 to 1964
Walmart.com (started as a joint-venture, it has since been fully acquired and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walmart) Sonae Distribuição Brasil (Brazilian operations) - now WMS Supermercados do Brasil. Seiyu Group - Walmart acquired a 6.1% stake in Seiyu beginning in May 2002. A majority interest (53%) was acquired in December 2005, giving ...
Oliver Filley (1806–1881), mayor of St. Louis from 1858 to 1861; Dwight Freeney, NFL All-Pro defensive end for Indianapolis Colts, attended Bloomfield High School; Bobby Gibson, educator and member of the Connecticut House of Representatives; Edward H. Gillette (1840–1918), congressman for Iowa, born in town; Jessica Hecht (born 1965), actress
Construction workers are using heavy equipment to move dirt on a 37-acre site south of Ivy Tech's Bloomington campus. Flaggers have restricted traffic on South Park Square Drive.
In mid-December 1933, during the height of the Great Depression, local officials settled on a 164-acre site east of Bloomington along Illinois 9 where the site of a new permanent airfield would be situated. Originally known as the Bloomington Municipal Airport, it was founded in 1946 by local businessman and aviation enthusiast Charles G. Shafer.
Main Street, in the historic village section, is lined with colonial estates, some of which date back to the 17th century. On May 19, 1774, in response to the adoption of the Boston Port Act , the people of Farmington assembled, held a mock trial for the bill, found the bill guilty of "being instigated by the devil," and subsequently had a copy ...
North Washington Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the city of Bloomington of Monroe County, Indiana.The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Bloomington.