Record #:

35961

Author(s):

Stone, Laurell; Robinson, Caryn

Abstract:

Vats that kept horses and cattle clean and tick free were first provided during the Great Depression. Stories that attested to the importance of the vats came from Buxton natives attesting to vats in towns like Waves, Avon, and Rodanthe. Buxton. Included were descriptions of the vats and pictures of vats in Avon.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 2 Issue 3, Spring/Summer 1975, p53-57

Subject(s):

Horses; Cattle; Depressions--1929; Rodanthe--Social life and customs; Outer Banks; Outer Banks--Economic conditions