At George Ranch Historical Park, you can learn about Texas Longhorns up close and personal. Despite the intimidating horns (on both males and females), longhorns are pretty calm. It is fun to get the chance to pet them, and to see the cowboys work, but my favorite part was the dipping vat.
In the 1940s an effort was made in Texas to eliminate a tick which the longhorns were immune to, but which killed off other cattle in the stockyards up north. They led the cattle to a dipping bath deep enough that they had to swim. The bath includes a very low concentration of arsenic, just enough to keep the tick from reproducing.
If you make it to George Ranch, save time to see the cattle – and don’t stand too close to the vat!
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