Dyess Colony Resettlement Area - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Terrebonne's project farms were built in 1939. It was modeled after the Dykes colony in Arkansas, which was built in 1935. Singer Johnny Cash lived in the Dykes colony. Details on how residents were chosen is interesting. They have yearly reunions of residents. 


I'd like to know more about the history, the stories of the Terrebonne Project. Any ideas how I can learn about this?

Dyess Colony Resettlement Area

Coming soon: a book report on Uncle Sam’s farmers : the New Deal communities in the Lower Mississippi Valley / Donald Holley.