Capital $10,000” boasted the sign in the window of the native stone-built Montgomery County Bank. The postmaster who came from Massachusetts named the town Mount Ida after a favorite mountain in that ...

Mount Ida, 1913: The previous postcard featured the Montgomery County Bank, which can be seen to the right beyond the tree. The men seemed to be unloading lumber from a mule drawn wagon ...

The postmaster who came from Massachusetts named the town Mount Ida after a favorite mountain in that state. Send questions or comments to Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203 ...