The Gregory Dipping Vat is a historic cattle dipping facility at 122 Rogers Street on the outskirts of

Lake Village, Arkansas Lake Village is a city in and the county seat of Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Arkansas Delta. Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake for ...

. The vat is a concrete structure long, wide, and deep. It is located on a grassy lane off Rogers Road, in a wooded area not far from

Bayou Macon Bayou Macon is a bayou in Arkansas and Louisiana. It begins in Desha County, Arkansas, and flows south, between the Boeuf River to its west and the Mississippi River to its east, before joining Joe's Bayou south of Delhi in Richland Parish, Loui ...

, 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. The vat was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places 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 or "great artistic v ...

in 2006.

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Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1930 National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas Lake Village, Arkansas 1930 establishments in Arkansas Plunge dips {{ChicotCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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