The Cogburn Dipping Vat is a historic former cattle dipping facility in

Ouachita National Forest The Ouachita National Forest is a vast congressionally-designated United States National Forest, National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of extreme-eastern Oklahoma, USA. History The Ouachita National Forest is t ...

, west of Black Spring, Arkansas. It is located about west of Forest Road 73 and south of a perennial stream. It is a U-shaped concrete structure, with a distinctive curved shape that matches the contours of the terrain, with a concrete pad at one end. The total length of the structure is about . It was built between 1930 and 1940 as part of a state program to eradicate Texas tick fever from the state's cattle. The vat's name derives from the Cogburn, who homesteaded a farm in the area, and probably built the vat to serve their needs and those of other nearby farmers. The vat was listed on the

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in 2006.

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Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1920 National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Arkansas 1920 establishments in Arkansas Plunge dips Ouachita National Forest {{MontgomeryCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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