Historic Dyess Colony: A New Deal Farm Experiment

FAIN: CH-51106-13

Arkansas State University, Main Campus (Jonesboro, AR 72403-0600)
Ruth A. Hawkins (Project Director: May 2012 to April 2017)

Restoration of buildings at the Historic Dyess Colony, an agricultural resettlement colony during the New Deal era that aided in recovery from the Great Depression.

This 3:1 Challenge Grant would restore/recreate historic buildings in the Dyess Colony, a New Deal era agricultural resettlement community. The restored Administration Building, Dyess theater reconstruction, and restored Johnny Cash Boyhood Home would serve as a museum and educational complex for humanities programming.