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'''Dorcheat Bayou''', also known as '''Bayou Dorcheat''',<ref>{{gnis|553449|Bayou Dorcheat}}</ref> formerly Bayou Dauchite,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/GAZVECTOR.feat_card?p_file=3785|title= U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bayou Dorcheat: Decision Card}}</ref> is a 115-mile long<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 3, 2011</ref> stream in the [[United States]] that extends from Nevada County in southwestern [[Arkansas]] through Columbia County and into Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] before emptying into Lake Bistineau east of the village of Doyline in south Webster Parish.<ref name=lebreton>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N6a-9ZHqz8oC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=dorcheat+bayoiu&source=bl&ots=DtJOfecT_k&sig=kMu3l8r5zzp5ggx6hYxuAuvqeAo&hl=en&ei=5NuRSuCxNZeQtger88DOBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=&f=false|author=Marietta M. LeBreton|title="Bayou Dorcheat" in ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana'' by Edwin Adams  Davis|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>  

'''Dorcheat Bayou''', also known as '''Bayou Dorcheat''', is a 115-mile long<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 3, 2011</ref> stream in the [[United States]] that extends from Nevada County in southwestern [[Arkansas]] through Columbia County and into Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] before emptying into Lake Bistineau east of the village of Doyline in south Webster Parish.<ref name=lebreton>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N6a-9ZHqz8oC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=dorcheat+bayoiu&source=bl&ots=DtJOfecT_k&sig=kMu3l8r5zzp5ggx6hYxuAuvqeAo&hl=en&ei=5NuRSuCxNZeQtger88DOBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=&f=false|author=Marietta M. LeBreton|title="Bayou Dorcheat" in ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana'' by Edwin Adams  Davis|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>  

==Overview==

==Overview==

Overton became the seat of government of Claiborne Parish; in 1871, Webster Parish was separated from Claiborne Parish. Plagued by [[epidemic]]s, Overton was eventually abandoned. The Claiborne Parish seat of government was shifted east to Athens, and then the current location of Homer. Meanwhile, Charles Hanson Veeder (1796-1871), a [[New York]] native, established Minden in 1836, and the new community soon outgrew Overton. Veeder established the defunct Minden Female College, considered the oldest college in Louisiana. In time, farming declined along the Dorcheat, as [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] strikes occurred in Webster Parish during the 1920s.<ref name=lebreton/>​

Overton became the seat of government of Claiborne Parish; in 1871, Webster Parish was separated from Claiborne Parish. Plagued by [[epidemic]]s, Overton was eventually abandoned. The Claiborne Parish seat of government was shifted east to Athens, and then the current location of Homer. Meanwhile, Charles Hanson Veeder (1796-1871), a [[New York]] native, established Minden in 1836, and the new community soon outgrew Overton. Veeder established the defunct Minden Female College, considered the oldest college in Louisiana. In time, farming declined along the Dorcheat, as [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] strikes occurred in Webster Parish during the 1920s.<ref name=lebreton/>​

Historian Marietta Marie LeBreton (1936-2009), who was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] from 1963 until her death,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=125015731|title=Marietta LeBreton|publisher=obits.nola.com|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> describes the modern Dorcheat as a "lazy stream winding through low, hilly farmland and catering to the fishermen and sportsmen of North Louisiana."<ref name=lebreton/> Calm-water canoeing is another sport popular on Dorcheat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianatravel.com/node/27187|title=Louisiana: Bayou Dorcheat|publisher=louisianatravel.com|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>​

Historian Marietta Marie LeBreton (1936-2009), who was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] from 1963 until her death,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=125015731|title=Marietta LeBreton|publisher=obits.nola.com|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> describes the modern Dorcheat as a "lazy stream winding through low, hilly farmland and catering to the fishermen and sportsmen of North Louisiana."<ref name=lebreton/> Calm-water canoeing is another sport popular on Dorcheat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianatravel.com/node/27187|title=Louisiana: Bayou Dorcheat|publisher=louisianatravel.com|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>

The history of the Dorcheat country is revealed in certain exhibits at the [[Dorcheat Historical Association Museum]] at 116 Pearl Street in Minden. Named for the bayou is the $7.2 million Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, which opened in 2002 at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant (1942-1996) west of Minden. The correctional center was pushed to completion by then Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Ted Riser|Larkin T. Riser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=273750645&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/0327news.html&page_last_updated=2002-03-28T09:42:40&firstName=Ted&lastName=Riser|title=Dorcheat Center Ready at Last|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|author=Josh Beavers|date=March 28, 2002|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> There is also the Dorcheat Soil Conservation District.​

The history of the Dorcheat country is revealed in certain exhibits at the [[Dorcheat Historical Association Museum]] at 116 Pearl Street in Minden. Named for the bayou is the $7.2 million Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, which opened in 2002 at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant (1942-1996) west of Minden. The correctional center was pushed to completion by then Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Ted Riser|Larkin T. Riser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=273750645&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/0327news.html&page_last_updated=2002-03-28T09:42:40&firstName=Ted&lastName=Riser|title=Dorcheat Center Ready at Last|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|author=Josh Beavers|date=March 28, 2002|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> There is also the Dorcheat Soil Conservation District.​