March 19, 2012

The post office in Waters, shown here in 1960, opened in 1886 in this unincorporated village on the western side of Montgomery County. During the Arkansas Centennial celebration in 1936, the name was changed to “Pine Ridge” during a ceremony at the State Capitol in Little Rock (Pulaski County). The change was made in honor of Lum and Abner, a popular radio show set in a fictional town of Pine Ridge, which was largely based on the people and characteristics of Waters.