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'''Pine Ridge''' is a unincorporated community that is 6 miles south and 1/2 mile west of [[Fort Cobb, Oklahoma]] in [[Caddo County, Oklahoma|Caddo County]]. During the community's heyday in the 1940's there were a Grocery Store, a Baptist Church and a Church of Christ, but today only the Baptist Church building remains (which is now used as a barn). The [[Pleasant View Cemetery]] also is at Pine Ridge and has graves from many of the early pioneers of the community.
'''Pine Ridge''' is a unincorporated community that is 6 miles south and 1/2 mile west of [[Fort Cobb, Oklahoma]] in [[Caddo County, Oklahoma|Caddo County]]. During the community's heyday in the 1940's there were a Grocery Store, a Baptist Church and a Church of Christ, but today only the Baptist Church building remains (which is now used as a barn). The [[Pleasant View Cemetery]] also is at Pine Ridge and has graves from many of the early pioneers of the community.
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According to locals, the community got its name from the community of [[Pine Ridge, Arkansas]] that was the setting of the radio show [[Lum and Abner]] which aired from 1934-1952. Legend says that the owner of the grocery store named it "Pine Ridge" after the radio show and over time the name was adopted as the name of the whole community.
 
Pine Ridge is located at the junction of the blacktop road going directly south from Fort Cobb and the old [[Ozark Trail (auto trail)|Ozark Trail]] (an early predecessor to [[Route 66]]).
Pine Ridge is located at the junction of the blacktop road going directly south from Fort Cobb and the old [[Ozark Trail (auto trail)|Ozark Trail]] (an early predecessor to [[Route 66]]).

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