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The Cannery

Dyess, Mississippi County

Dyess Colony's cannery stood in the town center near the commissary and administration building. Every family had to plant a garden, and the cannery let colonists put up their own produce and sell canned goods together.

Kind of place
Schools, gyms and job training
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Where
Dyess, Mississippi County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

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