Mount Ida, Arkansas
Videos
Mount Ida is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Founded in 1842, the city saw a silver boom in the 1880s bring early prosperity and economic development to th
Montgomery County Courthouse in downtown Mount Ida
Arkansas quartz crystals
Lake Ouachita north of Mount Ida, Arkansas
Lake Ouachita
Videos
Lake Ouachita is a reservoir created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam.
Mount Ida, Arkansas
…bring early prosperity and economic development to the area. Today, the economy is largely ranching, poultry farming, silviculture, and tourism around Lake Ouachita. It is known as the quartz crystal capital of the U.S. and is known worldwide for its quartz deposits. The population was 996 as of the 2020 census…
Lake Ouachita
The Downstream side of Blakely Mountain Dam as photographed from the river on July 25, 2009
Aerial view of Lake Ouachita State Park and Caddo Bend Trail