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NWA Historic Foods Tasting

Tastings of native foods, some made into low sugar jams and jellies, will be featured at the NWA Historic Foods Tasting event to be held Saturday, Feb. 19, from 1-5 p.m. at the Bella Vista Historical Museum located at 1885 Bella Vista Way (Highway 71 and Kingsland).

Fruits will include pawpaws, maypops, persimmons and wild blackberries. Attendees also will have the chance to taste historic recipes from old Bella Vista. The event is free and open to everyone.

Bella Vista Historical Museum

The museum has added several merchandise items to its gift shop including new jigsaw puzzles and postcards featuring different Bella Vista scenes. Colorful homemade potholders are also now available, and the locally produced honey from Benton County hives continues to be very popular. All gift shop revenue goes toward museum operating costs.

Coming up on Saturday, March 5, is the next Bella Vista historic sites driving tour fundraiser. There are a few openings left. For reservations call Dale Phillips at 812-899-2049.

The museum is open Thursdays through Sundays, 1-5 p.m., with free admission. Masks are required. The museum is located at 1885 Bella Vista Way, near the corner of Highway 71 and Kingsland. the phone number is 479855-2335 and the website is bellavistamuseum.org.