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Arkansas State University Heritage Sites
Arkansas Delta History
The Arkansas State University Heritage Sites Office develops and operates historic properties of regional and national significance in the Arkansas Delta.
These include:
Historic Dyess Colony Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
The Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood home in Dyess, Ark., allows visitors to explore the history and culture of Northeast Arkansas and its influence on the legendary Johnny Cash.
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott, Ark., includes a barn studio associated with author Ernest Hemingway and the family home of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer. The properties have been renovated, focusing on the 1930s era. Areas of emphasis include literature of the period, world events, agriculture, and family lifestyles.
The Lakeport Plantation house, built in 1859 on the Mississippi River in Chicot County, Ark., is a gem in the Delta. Having escaped extensive remodeling in the 20th Century, Lakeport retains many of its original Greek Revival architectural features. The plantation’s stories of slavery, sharecropping, and the Johnson family are told in the house and grounds through guided tours and award-winning exhibits.
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza, Ark., enhances knowledge and understanding of tenant farming and agricultural labor movements in the Mississippi River Delta. It preserves Delta history and promotes the legacy of sharecropping, tenant farming and the farm labor movement.
Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center
The Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center in Arkansas is largely lost to history. Between 1942 and 1945, more than 8,000 Japanese Americans were interned at Rohwer—a 500-acre camp surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. Although most physical remains have been wiped from the landscape, important stories remain to be shared.
This 1936 Tudor-style residence on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The house features a re-creation of the office of former Gov. Mike Beebe, an A-State alumnus.
