Historic Dyess Colony

Dyess, Mississippi County

Resettlement house in Dyess Colony, Arkansas — Photo: United States. Resettlement Administration, Library of Congress (no known restrictions) License. Source

Dyess was one of the country's first and largest New Deal farm colonies, and Ray and Carrie Cash moved their family here on March 24, 1935. Arkansas State University now runs the site: the colony's white Administration Building has exhibits on colony life, and the restored Cash family house is nearby on County Road 924. It opened to visitors in 2014.

Kind of place: Housing and farm communities
Built by: Not recorded
When: 1934 to 1939
Where: Dyess, Mississippi County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash
Inventory source for this place

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.