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Dooley Dipping Vat

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
06000466

Added to NRHP
  
7 June 2006

Built
  
1920 (1920)

Opened
  
1920

Nearest city
  
Boles, Arkansas

Dooley Dipping Vat

MPS
  
Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS

The Dooley Dipping Vat is a historic former cattle dipping facility in Ouachita National Forest, southeast of Boles, Arkansas. It is located on a high bank of Countiss Creek east of County Road 925 (Dipping Vat Road). It is a U-shaped concrete structure, oriented north-south with a concrete pad at southern (exit) end. The vat varies in depth between 1 and 2 meters, and is 48 inches wide at the entrance and 36 inches wide at the exit. It was built about 1920 as part of a state program to eradicate Texas tick fever from the state's cattle. The vat's name derives from James Dooley, who homesteaded a farm in the area.

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

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Dooley Dipping Vat Wikipedia