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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 and Johnny Cash's boyhood home are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Dyess Colony Center and Farm No. 266, Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.
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  • 1. Johnny Cash House Dyess
    Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice; the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, which is characterized by train-sound guitar rhythms; a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; free prison concerts; and a trademark, all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the n...
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  • 2. Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash Dyess
    This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. There are 41 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 2, 2018.
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  • 3. Horseshoe Casino Tunica
    Horseshoe Lake is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 292 at the 2010 census.The town is named after Horseshoe Lake, an oxbow lake at the eastern tip of which the town is located.
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  • 4. Southland Park Gaming and Racing West Memphis
    Southland Park Gaming and Racing is a casino, buffet, and greyhound racetrack in West Memphis, Arkansas. Over 400 greyhound races take place at the Park each year. Simulcast thoroughbred and greyhound races from other tracks around the United States are also offered. After years of low attendance, Southland Park has regained popularity because neighboring casinos in Tunica, Mississippi experienced devastating floods 2011. In 2014, it was announced that Southland was to undergo a nearly $38 million dollar expansion and renovation. It is one of the most visited attractions in Arkansas and the city of West Memphis.
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  • 6. Tunica Roadhouse Casino Tunica
    Tunica is a town in and the county seat of Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s when casino gambling was introduced in the area, Tunica had been one of the most impoverished places in the United States. Despite this economic improvement, Tunica's population continues to decline from its peak in 1970.
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  • 8. Hollywood Casino Tunica Tunica
    Hollywood is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 61 in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately 4 miles north of North Tunica, approximately 5 miles north of Tunica, and approximately 22 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee.
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