Near Dyess in Mississippi County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Johnny Cash

— Cotton Highway —

Courtesy of Elizabeth Winter., November 18, 2020

1. Johnny Cash Marker

Inscription. Johnny Cash (1932-2003) was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Successful with country, rock & roll, folk, blues, and gospel music, Cash sold over 90 million albums during his long career. Several of his songs reflect his hardscrabble farming youth in Dyess Colony, where locals knew him simply as "J. R."

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 35° 35.862′ N, 90° 14.697′ W. Marker is near Dyess, Arkansas, in Mississippi County. It is on County Road 924 0.3 miles east of State Route 77, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4791 W Co Rd 924, Dyess AR 72330, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta,

in Crowley’s Ridge,

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Community Building (approx. 1.7 miles away); Cafe & Shops (approx. 1.8 miles away); Dyess Colony (approx. 1.8 miles away); Commissary (approx. 1.8 miles away); American Revolution Bicentennial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Dyess (approx. 1.8 miles away); School (approx. 1.9 miles away); SSG James R. Hendrix (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dyess.

Also see . . .
1. Historic Dyess Colony and Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. (Submitted on October 9, 2022, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
2. Cash Boyhood Home Timeline. A detailed history of the house and association with Johnny Cash. (Submitted on October 9, 2022, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

3. Farm No. 266 - Johnny Cash Boyhood Home (National Park Service). Listed on the National Register of Historic

Johnny Cash Marker and Boyhood Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 25, 2022

2. Johnny Cash Marker and Boyhood Home

Places (#100002000) on May 2, 2018. (Submitted on January 26, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 25, 2022

3. Johnny Cash Boyhood Home

Outbuildings Behind the Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 25, 2022

4. Outbuildings Behind the Home

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 799 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 18, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 9, 2022, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.