Square Rock Dipping Vat

Square Rock Dipping Vat
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Arkansas Show map of Arkansas Location in United States Show map of the United States
Nearest city	Waldron, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°57′32″N93°59′42″W / 34.95889°N 93.99500°W / 34.95889; -93.99500
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920 (1920)
MPS	Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000464 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 7, 2006

The Square Rock Dipping Vat is a historic former cattle dipping facility in Ouachita National Forest, northeast of Waldron, Arkansas. It is located south of Square Rock Creek, off a forest road that runs south from County Road 94. It is a partially buried U-shaped concrete structure, with a concrete pad at one end, through which cattle were directed to dip them with chemical treatment for Texas tick fever. A barbed-wire holding pen of uncertain age stands nearby. It is believed to have been built about 1920, and was probably used until 1943, when the disease was determined to have been eradicated. ^[2]

The vat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Square Rock Dipping Vat". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 6, 2015.