Located in Hobbs Park, this is the Van Winkle Homestead.Peter Van Winkle lived here with his family; the family also owned slaves who eventually became freedmen. He and his family lived in a rather large and beautiful home with 11 rooms.
There was a spring house, lumber mill, blacksmith shop, garden and more. Van Winkle Road actually connected to the Elkhorn Tavern, which is located in what is now Pea Ridge National Military Park.
During the Civil War, the Confederates used Van Winkle’s home and mill for their own purposes. Van Winkle’s family fled to Texas, and their mill was burned in 1863. They returned and rebuilt the mill after the Civil War ended. Their mill ended up providing lumber for much of the restoration of Northwest Arkansas after the war.
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