Montgomery County

Large radar dish on steel frame
Arkansas Research and Test Station
The Arkansas Research and Test Station site in Montgomery County near Hopper (Montgomery County) was one of tw...
Two-lane highway section with green "Black Springs" sign on right side
Black Springs (Montgomery County)
Black Springs is a town on State Highway 8 in Montgomery County. Surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest, B...
"Caddo Gap" sign and road signs on two-lane highway
Caddo Gap (Montgomery County)
Caddo Gap is an unincorporated community located along the Caddo River in Montgomery County approximately fift...
Gravel sidewalk in park lined with text displays on posts surrounded by trees and along a river
Caddo Indian Memorial
The Caddo Indian Memorial is located on the site of a Native American burial ground on the outskirts of Norman...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at Caddo Mill
On December 14, 1863, a detachment that consisted of two companies from the Second Kansas Cavalry headquartere...
Two-story stone building with arched doorway and steps with brick wall on street
Caddo Valley Academy
Caddo Valley Academy (CVA) was founded in Womble (Montgomery County) in 1921. Though the private school was op...
Small stone building in forest with open metal door
CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District
The CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District, located near Norman (Montgomery County), consists of tw...
Pavilion with brick columns and picnic tables
Collier Springs Shelter
Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Collier Springs Shelter is located in the Collier Sp...
Stone wall dam and stream in forest
Crystal Springs Dam and Camp Shelter
The Crystal Recreation Area, located in the Ouachita National Forest, included two structures listed on the Na...
Crowd of men and women spectators in lawn chairs sitting outside multistory building
Front Porch Stage
Located in Mount Ida (Montgomery County), the Montgomery County Front Porch Stage (MCFPS) is a nonprofit organ...
White women, children, and men stand in river with observers, hillside concrete wall in background
Glenwood (Pike and Montgomery Counties)
Glenwood, on U.S. Highway 70 west of Hot Springs (Garland County), is nestled in a bend of the Caddo River wit...
Metal sided building and bushes on gravel parking lot
Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County
Located in Mount Ida (Montgomery County), the Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County (HHMMC) is a 501(c)(3...
decaying multistory wooden building with bell tower and windows and doorways open and roof full of holes
Hopper (Montgomery County)
Originally named Parks, the valley community of Hopper sits between the small town of Fancy Hill (Montgomery C...
Two white men in costume sitting on a wooden bench
Lum and Abner
From 1931 to 1955, the Lum and Abner radio show brought the town of Pine Ridge (Montgomery County), into the h...
postcard of "Lum and Abner" store and museum fronts with porches signs U.S. flag
Lum and Abner Museum and Jot 'Em Down Store
The two buildings that make up the Lum and Abner Museum and Jot ‘Em Down Store are the A. A. McKinzie Genera...
Ode Lee Maddox (1912–2001)
Ode Lee Maddox was a long-serving and influential member of the Arkansas General Assembly as well as a dedicat...
"Montgomery County" map with borders roads cities national forest waterways
Mauldin (Montgomery County)
The former town of Mauldin, in Montgomery County, is located between Pencil Bluff (Montgomery County) and the ...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at McGraw's Mill
During the winter of 1862–1863, Union sympathizers avoiding Confederate conscription officers fled their hom...
Muddy road, man with mustache, hat on porch, buildings in distance with sign "Dick Huddleston Lum Abner"
Montgomery County
Montgomery County is noted for its quartz crystal deposits, the rugged beauty of the Ouachita Mountains and it...
Two-story courthouse with trees and street lamps
Montgomery County Courthouse
The Montgomery County Courthouse is located on Highway 270 in Mount Ida (Montgomery County). The Arkansas Hist...
Nearly bald young white man in military uniform
Whitt Lloyd Moreland (1930–1951)
Whitt Lloyd Moreland, a native Texan, received a posthumous Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Korean War...
Mountain highway with two cars driving uphill past striped posts on gravel shoulder
Mount Ida (Montgomery County)
Mount Ida is near the center of the Ouachita National Forest, the South’s oldest and largest national forest...
Service station building with covered drive-through on street corner
Mount Ida Cities Service Filling Station
The Mount Ida Cities Service Filling Station at 204 Whittington Street in downtown Mount Ida (Montgomery Count...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Mount Ida Expedition
In November 1863, Lieutenant Henry C. Caldwell of the Third Iowa Cavalry led a force of Federal cavalrymen on ...
Brick "City Hall" building and house across from town square park with stone wall
Norman (Montgomery County)
Norman, known as Womble until 1925, is located on the Caddo River in southern Montgomery County. It was create...
Narrow single-story "Norman Library" brick building with covered porch under trees in park with stone wall and steps in the foreground
Norman Library
The Norman Library has been known as the smallest public library in the state. Located in the town square of N...
Single-story brick building with parking lot and abandoned wooden building on street with parking lot
Oden (Montgomery County)
Oden, a rural community in northwest Montgomery County, is on the north bank of the Ouachita River eight miles...
Single-story wooden building with covered front and back porches
Pencil Bluff (Montgomery County)
Pencil Bluff is an unincorporated community located in Montgomery County, nine miles west of the county seat, ...
Muddy road, man with mustache, hat on porch, buildings in distance with sign "Dick Huddleston Lum Abner"
Pine Ridge (Montgomery County)
Pine Ridge of Montgomery County was originally the community of Waters. The name was changed in 1936 in honor ...
Pine Ridge Community Cemetery
There are over 500 graves in the Pine Ridge Community Cemetery (originally Waters Cemetery) on Old Waters High...
Abandoned cabin with rusted metal roof and bare trees in front yard
Reeves-Melson House
The Reeves-Melson House is a dogtrot-style wooden home located in eastern Montgomery County. With two pens con...
Older white woman standing with her designs on poster boards while a large white man speaks at a lectern
Dortha Delena Shaw Scott (1936–)
Dortha Delena Shaw Scott of Mount Ida (Montgomery County) created the design for the Arkansas quarter. Her des...