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 Dyess, Arkansas Historical events
Carved from 16,000 acres of snake-infested swamp in northeast Arkansas, it was built on a mission of mercy.
Dyess was one of 102 towns created by President Franklin Roosevelt for people left destitute by the depression.
In the center of the circle is a monument to W.R. Dyess, the town’s namesake, who was state administrator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
www.usacitiesonline.com /ardyessnewtown1934.htm   (1066 words)

  
 Dyess, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
It is best known for being the boyhood home of singer and songwriter Johnny Cash.
Dyess is located at 35°35′25″N, 90°12′52″W (35.590224, -90.214523)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dyess,_Arkansas   (384 words)

  
 Baxter Bulletin - www.baxterbulletin.com -
Dyess said he was pleased to accept the position on the South Shore Foundation Board because of his interest in community and economic development.
Dyess is chairman of Marion County Regional Airport, chairman of the local Arkansas Workforce Board and past justice of the peace on Marion County Quorum Court from District 9.
Dyess is a charter member of Mid-Marion County Rotary Club and a member of Living Word Church.
www.baxterbulletin.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060307/NEWS01/603070311/1002/NEWS01   (214 words)

  
 Dyess Florist | Flower Delivery Dyess, Arkansas (AR) | Florists in Dyess
The population of Dyess is approximately 466 (1990).
Dyess is positioned 35.58 degrees north of the equator and 90.21 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Our Dyess, Arkansas florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Dyess florist and florists in Arkansas, including Dyess, Arkansas.
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 Dyess Arkansas Resource Guide, City or community of Dyess, Arkansas Historical Events and Facts, Information, ...
I was borne in Ladelle, Arkansas, Drew County, South of Monticello AR.
Dyess’ plan envisioned a larger and more expanded community, sought to distribute the population over a larger area and to provide educational and recreational facilities.
The building of Dyess Colony was the first consideration, but the matter of supervision, selection of families and education came next and occupied just as important a place in the scheme of development.
www.usacitiesonline.com /arcountydyesshev.htm   (2987 words)

  
 KARK News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Dyess Colony Administration Building is currently in fair condition despite its age and years of use, although this appears to be due to the original solid construction and not to regular maintenance.
The Town of Dyess is very interested in obtaining the property and converting it for use as a local museum.
As such a vivid reminder of the history of minor league baseball in Arkansas and the country and as an important anchor of midtown Little Rock, Ray Winder Field’s importance to history and the community are significant.
www.kark.com /news/?mode=shownews&id=6330   (2287 words)

  
 Archives: Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Dyess Mayor Larry Sims meets with historians James Huff, Melton Emery, Jerald Burns, Everett Henson AJ Henson, and Carl Bailey.
W.R. Dyess had just completed arrangements for funds to keep the rural schools open, and was returning from a trip to Washington, D.C., when he was killed in an airplane crash on Jan. 14, 1936.
Dyess had submitted the original plans for the colony to national E.R.A administrators, securing federal funds to form Dyess Colony.
www.thetown-crier.com /articles/2006/02/01/news/news1.txt   (1613 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Mark Pryor
A native of Kingsland and Dyess, Arkansas, Mr.
When he was three, his family moved to Dyess, Arkansas – a farming colony established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal to help lift displaced farming families out of the Depression and the crushing poverty that still permeates a large part of the Delta soil.
That this man, this legend, this poor kid from Arkansas, could succeed on the grandest scale by putting his experiences and his emotions into song, gave the poorest sharecropper and the most oppressed worker that hope.
pryor.senate.gov /press/2003/johnny_cash_floor.htm   (1350 words)

  
 Dyess Arkansas Process Servers - ServeNow.com
Service of process is the delivery of these Arkansas legal documents such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, orders to show cause, writs and other court documents.
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Dyess Process Servers make daily trips to County Courts, Arkansas County Clerks, Dyess Municipal Courts, Dyess Criminal Courts, Arkansas Supreme Courts and Arkansas Courts of Appeals.
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 Dyess
Dyess is the 10,636th most popular last name (surname) in the United States; frequency is 0.001%; percentile is 71.762 [SourceCBN]
Dyess, Arkansas, United States [Populated Place] is in Mississippi County; location is 35°35'23"N 90°12'48"W [SourceGSP]
Dyess, Arkansas, United States [Town]; population was 466 in 1990; housing units was 181 in 1990; location is 35°35'N 90°13'W; land area is 0.97 square miles (623 acres); FIPS code is 20230 [SourceCBP]
www.placesnamed.com /d/y/dyess.asp   (89 words)

  
 Dyess
Born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, J.R. Cash was one of six children belonging to Ray and Carrie Rivers Cash.
When John was three years old, his father took advantage of a new Roosevelt farm program and moved his young family to Dyess Colony in northeast Arkansas.
In later years Cash would draw from his life in Arkansas for inspiration: "Pickin' Time," "Five Feet High and Rising," and "Look at Them Beans" are all reflections on Cash's early life.
www.maninblack.net /Bio_Dyess.html   (307 words)

  
 Resettlement Plan Attempts to Help Hard-Hit Farmers » The Arkansas News
Dyess Colony, located in Mississippi County, was dedicated in May 1936.
This project was named for W. Dyess, the Arkansas WPA director, who was killed in an airplane crash on January 14, 1936.
He conceived and launched the project in 1934 as a way to help former farm families get “back to the land.” Dyess Colony consists of 15,144 acres and provides homes for 300 families.
www.oldstatehouse.com /educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=774&issue_id=37&page=4   (374 words)

  
 Arkansas Personal Injury Lawyer- Cities: Damascus - Dyess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A nationally-recognized personal injury law firm, Weitz and Luxenberg is committed to helping clients win cases, get the compensation to which they’re entitled and get on with their lives.
Please be aware that Weitz and Luxenberg may not be able to represent every lawsuit in all areas of Arkansas due to state and federal statutes.
If we are unable to represent you, we may refer you to an attorney with whom we have a professional association, or to your local bar association for legal services.
www.weitzlux.com /personalinjurylawyer/ar/arkansas_139266.html   (319 words)

  
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Robert Ackerman Palmer, Alaska Town of Dyess Cash/Dyess Memorial Meeting 2:00 P.M., February 24, 2006 Conference Room, Dyess City Hall In attendance were AJ Henson, Everett Henson, Carl Bailey, Jerald Burns, Mary Slack, Patsy McClain, Frances Wallace, O.B. Gladden, J.E. Huff, Helen Huff, Larry Sims, Jr., Ricky Sims, Michael Duncan, Mrs.
THANKS, Robert Ackerman Email: robertack@worldnet.att.net Palmer, Alaska ____________________________________________________________________________ Town of Dyess Cash/Dyess Memorial Meeting 2:00 P.M., January 20, 2006 Conference Room, Dyess City Hall The purpose of this meeting is to discuss creating a memorial within the town to Johnny Cash and to the history of the Town of Dyess.
It was suggested to place the sign beside the Dyess Volunteer Fire Department since it is the first municipal building that is seen upon entry into Dyess.
www.geocities.com /wwwebmonitor/cash.txt   (3459 words)

  
 Dyess Dentists & Dental Insurance @ Dental Plans
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 Dyess Roommate Finder - Search Dyess roommates in AR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Find roommates in Dyess, Arkansas quickly and easily with our online roommate finder.
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 Dyess, Arkansas (AR) | Houses | Apartments | Schools | Movers | Mortgage | For Rent or Sale
Whether you are relocating or simply visiting, we provide the resources you need to make informed decisions prior to your visit.
Population for Dyess, AR (2000): 515 comprising 246 (47.8%) males and 269 (52.2%) females.
Your one-stop resource for Dyess and Arkansas city guides, real estate for sale, apartments for rent, home loans, school reports, movers, roommates, jobs and other moving needs.
www.relo-guide.com /ar/Dyess_ar.html   (139 words)

  
 Arkansas events — Arkansas festivals — Arkansas activities — Arkansas calendar of events
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Take an Arkansas fall foliage tour in the Natural State, and experience the breath-taking beauty of autumn in Arkansas that so many people are raving about!
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in compliance with the Freedom of Information,
www.arkansas.com /calendar   (274 words)

  
 Dyess, AR Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
Back to: Dyess main page, Arkansas, Arkansas smaller cities, Arkansas small towns, All US cities.
Median gross rent in Dyess, AR in 2000: $370
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www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Dyess-Arkansas.html   (364 words)

  
 Arkansas Senators Introduce Resolution Honoring Johnny Cash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
"Johnny Cash may have found fame on the national and world stage, but it was his experience growing up in Arkansas that formed his unique perspective on the thoughts and feelings of common men and women, and that perspective came through in his music," Lincoln said.
"A poor child from Arkansas, turned legend, he succeeded on the grandest scale and taught us in the process that the dreams of a small boy on a small farm in a small town can be realized.
Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas, on February 26, 1932, and grew up in Dyess, Arkansas, as the son of a sharecropping family.
lincoln.senate.gov /releases/03/09/2003916319.html   (311 words)

  
 You Might be from DYESS
Remember the 45' shot at the buzzer that kept Dyess from being boys state basketball champs in 1963.
Aware that two Dyess boys were responsible for the sports rule limiting playing age to 19 for the great states of Arkansas and Tennessee.
Aware that the basketball teams brought honor and respect to the community and were well known across the state because of their sportsmanship, class and winning tradition.
www.familyvanity.com /familynews/id25.htm   (1717 words)

  
 Books: Paint Him Black (Memphis Flyer . 12-22-97)
In 1971, Johnny Cash, a child of the Depression and son of a Dyess, Arkansas, subsistence farmer, released a record called Man in Black.
In one of the grandest bits of self-mythologizing in all of American pop culture, he transformed the fl garb that was already a trademark into a symbol of a burden he personally bore for all of society’s ills, aligning himself with the poor, the “lonely” old, convicts and junkies, and soldiers dying in Vietnam.
And his populism and class-consciousness are instinctive, a natural outgrowth of his early experiences on that Arkansas farm.
weeklywire.com /ww/12-22-97/memphis_afea.html   (1452 words)

  
 Welcome to Reunions Magazine. Reunion planning starts here.
Like the pioneer days, Dyess, Arkansas, was carved from 16,000 acres of snake-infested swamp in northeast Arkansas in 1934, a New Deal dream town for about 500 farming families ruined by the Depression.
In 1964, Dyess became a regular municipality and has held reunions since 1981.
J.R. Cash moved to Dyess with his family and remembers singing his first song in the back of the flatbed truck the government sent to move them.
www.reunionsmag.com /reunionarticles/stories_neighbor_reunions.html   (1109 words)

  
 index
This year's "Dyess Day" is the first of what will be an annual event in Dyess, Arkansas.
The Town of Dyess, Arkansas is the Hometown of Johnny Cash.
Other items included on the site are: contact information, community news, and items of interest for fans of the "Man In Black." Please feel free to look around and contact us at cityofdyessark@yahoo.com for any comments.
www.dyessday.com   (264 words)

  
 Johnny Cash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Man in Black" was born J.R. Cash (no middle name) in Kingsland, Arkansas, and then raised in Dyess, Arkansas.
By age five he was working in the cotton fields, singing along with his family as they worked.
Coincidentally, both funnymen were best known for playing another famous Arkansas native, Bill Clinton.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Cash   (7272 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Named for W. Dyess, first WPA administrator in Arkansas, the town was founded in 1934 as an agricultural cooperative project.
The community consisted of 500 individually operated farms, each with about 20 to 40 acres, using a lease-mortgage arrangement.
144, No. 2, P. After a few months' treatment the Dyess settlers were so improved in appearance and morale that they did not seem to be the same people.
www.rootsweb.com /~armissi2/dyesscolo.html   (184 words)

  
 Dyess, Arkansas AR Hotels - hotels in or near Dyess, AR
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 Dyess, AR - Dyess, Arkansas - Population overview
Dyess, AR - Dyess, Arkansas - Population overview
Arkansas > All counties > Mississippi County > Dyess
Note: Hispanic ethnicity is a separate data category from race.
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