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Dyess Arkansas
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Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The town was founded as Dyess Colony in 1934 as part of the Roosevelt administration's agricultural relief and rehabilitation program and was the largest agrarian community established by the federal government during the Great Depression. The town is best remembered as the boyhood home of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The surviving original buildings of the colony period are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Dyess Colony Center."

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Small town that could have a bright future if there was community involvement. It is boy hood home of Johnny Cash. It just needs a motivated Mayor and community to do their job.

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Small town that could have a bright future if there was community involvement. It is boy hood home of Johnny Cash. It just needs a motivated Mayor and community to do their job.

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