Its patron, AliceWalton, is the scion of the Ozarks'firstfamily: herfather, Sam Walton, opened a discount store calledWal-MartinnearbyRogers, Arkansas, in 1962.
Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in nineteen sixty-two in Rogers,Arkansas.
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On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton -- who'd previously operated a Ben Franklin variety store and his own Walton's Five and Dime -- opened the first Walmart (then "Wal-Mart") in Rogers, Arkansas.
This past weekend in Lake Atalanta Park in Rogers, Arkansas, over 1, 000 Hispanic residents from around the northwest part of the state gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of a local Spanish-language radio station.