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'''Dorcheat Bayou''', also known as '''Bayou Dorcheat''', is a 115-mile long 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 Marie LeBreton|title="Bayou Dorcheat" in ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana'' by Edwin Adams Davis|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref>  

'''Dorcheat Bayou''', also known as '''Bayou Dorcheat''', is a 115-mile long 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 Marie LeBreton|title=Bayou Dorcheat (in ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana'' by Edwin Adams Davis)|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref>  

==Overview==

==Overview==

Steamboats, including side-wheelers and stern-wheelers, sometimes encountered tragedies on Dorcheat Bayou. An early steamer caught fire as it returned south; a woman leaped from the vessel with a child under each arm. She but only one of the children was rescued. In 1850, the ''Shamrock'' also burned with the loss of one person. The ships carried cargo and passengers and often offered mostly musical entertainment. Among these ships were the ''Danube,'' the ''Jewel,'' and the ''Marie Louise,''<ref name=lebreton/> a reference to the second wife of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. The steamboat era on Dorcheat ended in 1892, with the enhanced access to [[railroad]]s, one of which was the Sibley, Lake Bistineau, and Southern Railway. Passenger rail service along Dorcheat Bayou ended in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakebistineau.com/history/History/History/DATES%201.html|author=Joe Hinton|title=Lake Bistineau History|publisher=lakebistineau.com|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>​

Steamboats, including side-wheelers and stern-wheelers, sometimes encountered tragedies on Dorcheat Bayou. An early steamer caught fire as it returned south; a woman leaped from the vessel with a child under each arm. She but only one of the children was rescued. In 1850, the ''Shamrock'' also burned with the loss of one person. The ships carried cargo and passengers and often offered mostly musical entertainment. Among these ships were the ''Danube,'' the ''Jewel,'' and the ''Marie Louise,''<ref name=lebreton/> a reference to the second wife of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. The steamboat era on Dorcheat ended in 1892, with the enhanced access to [[railroad]]s, one of which was the Sibley, Lake Bistineau, and Southern Railway. Passenger rail service along Dorcheat Bayou ended in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakebistineau.com/history/History/History/DATES%201.html|author=Joe Hinton|title=Lake Bistineau History|publisher=lakebistineau.com|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>​

The Nature Conservancy maintains forty acres on Dorcheat Bayou donated by James W. Bransford, who also pledged to designate another one thousand acres in the future. The preserve is not open to the public.<ref name=conservancy>{{cite web|url=

The Nature Conservancy maintains forty acres on Dorcheat Bayou donated by James W. Bransford, who also pledged to designate another one thousand acres in the future. The preserve is not open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/bayou-dorcheat/|title=Places We Protect: Bayou Dorcheat Preserve (Louisiana)|publisher=The Nature Conservacy|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>​

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/bayou-dorcheat/|title=Places We Protect: Bayou Dorcheat Preserve (Louisiana)|publisher=The Nature Conservacy|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>​