Gregory Dipping Vat

United States historic place


Gregory Dipping Vat
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

33°18′50″N 91°19′55″W / 33.31389°N 91.33194°W / 33.31389; -91.33194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930 (1930)
MPS	Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000830^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 2006

The Gregory Dipping Vat is a historic cattle dipping facility at 122 Rogers Street on the outskirts of Lake Village, Arkansas. The vat is a concrete structure 27 feet (8.2 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide, and 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. It is located on a grassy lane off Rogers Road, in a wooded area not far from Bayou Macon, whose waters were used to fill it. The vat was built c. 1930 as part of a statewide program to eradicate Texas tick fever, which was at the time a serious problem affecting the area's cattle farmers. After the program was ended in 1943, the vat became a play area for local youth. It remains in good condition as a reminder of the economically important tick eradication program.^[2]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Gregory Dipping Vat". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-05.