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05-20230. GNIS feature ID. 2406409 [ 2] 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. It was the largest agrarian community established by the federal government during the Great Depression.
The colony was named after William Reynolds Dyess, a Mississippi native, and the first Arkansas WPA administrator. Dyess gave the idea of supplying farms to families in poverty to Harry Hopkins, and then named the first "Colonization Project No 1." 16,000 acres in Mississippi County were given to this project for 500 different families to come ...
The water is then clarified, filtered and held in ground storage tanks (600,000 US gallons (2,300,000 L) total capacity) before being pumped into a 120 feet (37 m), 1.25-million-US-gallon (4,700,000 L) elevated storage tank, which set the city's static water pressure. [12]
In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, the family settled in Dyess, Arkansas, a New Deal colony established during the Great Depression under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was intended to give poor families the opportunity to work land that they might later own. [27]
Fidelity’s 2023 Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate found that people who retire at 65 can expect to spend $157,500, on average, for health care and medical expenses throughout their retirement ...
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 44 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 ...
The 475,000-square-foot addition would also increase the hospital's capacity to 436 beds. The new building is expected to open in 2028. The proposal called for demolishing two buildings, (which ...
Conway Regional Rehabilitation Hospital - Conway, Arkansas. Cornerstone Specialty Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas. Crossridge Community Hospital - Wynne, Arkansas. Dallas County Medical Center - Fordyce, Arkansas. De Queen Medical Center - De Queen, Arkansas. Delta Memorial Hospital - Dumas, Arkansas.