"Petticoat Junction" is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters produced by Paul Henning. "Petticoat Junction" was created upon the success of Henning's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies"(1962–1971). The success of "Petticoat Junction" led to a spin-off, "Green Acres" (1965–1971).

The Shady Rest Hotel is located at a water stop along an isolated branch line of the C. & F.W. Railroad, halfway between the rural farm community of Hooterville and the small town of Pixley, each about 25 miles (40 km) away. Kate Bradley says her grandfather built the hotel there because that was where the lumber fell off the train. A number of location shots were filmed in the real Pixley. The exact location of Hooterville is never mentioned on "Petticoat Junction" or "Green Acres". It is likely in the Ozark Mountains; one of the proposed titles for the show was "Ozark Widow".

The train stop is nicknamed "petticoat junction" because the Bradley sisters often go skinny-dipping in the railway's water tower and leave their petticoats draped over the side. The opening titles of the series show their petticoats hanging on the tower while they are swimming offscreen.

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