Cash Home Restoration Timeline
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Birth of Johnny Cash
J.R. Cash is born in Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, to Ray Cash, a farmer, and Carrie Rivers Cash.Read more
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Cash Family Moves to Dyess
Ray Cash brings his family to Dyess in 1935 when President Roosevelt's administration creates the Dyess Colony in Mississippi County.Read more
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Ray Cash Purchases Farmstead
Ray Cash is offered and accepts a contract to purchase his 20.09 acre farmstead for $2,183.60.Read more
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J. R. Cash Graduates High School
In 1950 Johnny Cash graduates from Dyess High School, in Dyess Arkansas.Read more
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Cox Family Purchases Farmstead
Ray Cash sells his farmstead to Dewey and Elsie Cox and moves to town across the street from the Dyess hospital.Read more
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Rankin Family Purchases Farmstead
In 1960 the former Cash home is acquired by Otto Raymond and Lucy Francis Mattix.Read more
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Langston Family Acquires Farmstead
The house and farm is acquired Earvin and Dorothy Langston in 1963.Read more
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Johnny Cash Returns Home
Johnny Cash, along with his sister Louise and wife June, visits his boyhood home in 1968 while taping a documentary.Read more
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Stegall Family Purchases Home
The former Cash home is purchased by William G. and Mearl Stegall.Read more
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House Placed on Endangered List
The former Cash home is placed on the 2006 Arkansas list of Most Endangered Historic Places due to rapid deterioration.Read more
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A-State Purchases Cash Home
Arkansas State University acquires the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home from the Stegall family.Read more
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House is Stabilized
A-State protects the house from further damage until additional funds can be raised for restoration.Read more
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First Johnny Cash Music Festival
Arkansas State University hosts the first Johnny Cash Music Festival at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro.Read more
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80th Birthday Tribute
Family gathers in Dyess on the 80th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Cash to re-dedicate the cornerstone for the house and officially launch restoration efforts.Read more
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A Smart Move
House is moved off its foundation temporarily to replace gumbo soil and prevent further sinking and shifting.Read more
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Foundation Work
After replacing the soil under the Cash house, a new foundation is poured as a more permanent base.Read more
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Interior Work Begins
Work proceeds on repairing alterations to walls and windows, stripping layers of paint, and refinishing doors.Read more
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Back in Place
With a firm foundation in place, the house is moved back to its exact original location.Read more
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New Roof and Porches
A new roof, with hand-dipped wooden shingles, is placed on the house, along with rebuilding the front and back porches.Read more
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Second Johnny Cash Music Festival
The 2012 annual benefit event is held at the Convocation Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.Read more
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Exterior Completion
Authentically re-created windows, porch trim, shutters, and window boxes are installed.Read more
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Interior Furnishings
Work begins on acquiring interior furniture and accessories to replicate what was in the home during the 1930s and 1940s.Read more
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Third Annual Johnny Cash Music Festival
The third annual festival is held at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro,.Read more
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CBS Crew Films at House
A CBS crew spends the day at the Cash home filming segments with Rosanne Cash for a special feature.Read more
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State Restoration Award
Cash Boyhood Home project receives the 2013 Award for Excellence in Preservation Through Restoration.Read more
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VIP Inspection Tour
Preview of progress for donors and Cash family membersRead more
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Land Donation
Thomas and Barbara Creecy Tate family donate 3.65 acres west of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home for future development.Read more
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Fourth Annual Johnny Cash Music Festival
Headliners included Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn and Bobby Bare--hosted by Mark LowryRead more
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Grand Opening
Members of the Cash family were on hand for the Grand Opening of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.Read more
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Best of the South
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home receives award for preserving southern architecture from the Southeast Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH).Read more
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The Future
The next phase of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home project will include re-creating the farmstead buildings.Read more
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