Square Rock Dipping Vat

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Square Rock Dipping Vat
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Nearest city Waldron, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°57′32″N93°59′42″W / 34.95889°N 93.99500°W / 34.95889; -93.99500 Coordinates: 34°57′32″N93°59′42″W / 34.95889°N 93.99500°W / 34.95889; -93.99500
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
MPS Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference # 06000464 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 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]

Ouachita National Forest

The Ouachita National Forest is a National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of eastern Oklahoma.

Waldron, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Waldron is a city in Scott County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 3,618 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Scott County.

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

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Square Rock Dipping Vat" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-06.