Dipping Vat
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PeterNoG
N 32° 32.499 W 095° 51.094
15S E 232202 N 3604062
This Texas Historical Marker is in a small park on Arnold Paul Road, 0.3 miles south of Veterans Memorial Parkway (Texas Hwy 243) in Canton, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKEZB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2014
Views: 6
Marker Title: Dipping Vat
Address:
City: Canton
County: Van Zandt
Subject Codes: cattle, cattle industry topics
Year Marker Erected: 1973
Designations: na
Marker Location: In City Park, on City Lake Dr., 1 mi. E of Canton
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 11396
Marker Text:
American cattle industry faced ruin, as it lost $40 million annually from cattle tick fever. In 1918, tick eradication began in East Texas, with colorful, exciting "dipping days" enforced every two weeks from spring to fall. Sometimes citizens resented the compulsory dipping, and dynamited vats or held shootouts with authorities.
This dipping vat is typical of 50 built in Van Zandt County. It was on the property of G. M. Hilliard (1856-1931), pioneer rancher and merchant. His estate in 1968 sold this park site to the city of Canton.
(1973)
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