Cogburn Dipping Vat

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Cogburn Dipping Vat | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | nearest_city= Black Spring, Arkansas | coordinates = {{coord|34|26|44|N|93|47|0|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Arkansas#USA | map_caption = Location in Arkansas##Location in United States | built = {{Start date|1930}} | architect OR builder = | added = June 7, 2006 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS | refnum = 06000467<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Cogburn Dipping Vat''' is a historic former cattle dipping facility in Ouachita National Forest, west of Black Spring, Arkansas. It is located about {{convert|19|m|ft}} 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 {{convert|13|m|ft}}. 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.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/MN0050-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Cogburn Dipping Vat|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-05-16}}</ref>

The vat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1920 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Arkansas Category:1920 establishments in Arkansas Category:Plunge dips Category:Ouachita National Forest