Bayou Macon

	Bayou Macon Bayou Macon is a bayou in Arkansas and Louisiana. It begins in Desha County, Arkansas, and flows south, between the Boeuf River to its west and the Mississippi River to its east, before joining Joe's Bayou south of Delhi in Richland Parish, Louisiana. Bayou Macon is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 3, 2011 The bayou area saw action during the American Civil War including from the 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry in May 1863 in the areas then known as Caledonia and Pin Hook. The Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area comprises 6,919 acres in East Carroll Parish and was acquired by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is a state agency of Louisiana that maintains state wildlife and fishery areas. The agency is headquartered in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Mission The Louisiana Department of Wildlife ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Poverty Point Reservoir State Park Poverty Point Reservoir State Park is a state park in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana located along a man-made reservoir offering camping and watersport activities, swimming, hiking, and fishing. The reservoir is named after nearby Poverty Point, an archeological site settled between 1,400 and 700 BC consisting of Native-American earthworks and other artifacts. The park has eight deluxe cabins, four standard cabins, and fifty-four campsites. Birding is excellent since the region falls in the Mississippi Flyway for many winged species. Depending on the season, visitors can expect to see cormorants, bald eagles, ducks, geese and pelicans. Fishing is a supported at the park via a 48 slip marina, boat launch, fish cleaning station, and concession area. Fisherman may expect to catch largemouth bass, black crappie, blue gill and channel catfish. Visitors may take advantage of the walking trail near Bayou Macon, but should be advised of black bear Black bear or Blackbea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Catahoula Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,906. Its seat is Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita River. The parish was formed in 1808, shortly after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. History Prehistory Catahoula Parish was the home to many succeeding Native American groups in the thousands of years before European settlements began. Peoples of the Marksville culture, Troyville culture, Coles Creek culture and Plaquemine culture built villages and mound sites throughout the area. Notable examples include Peck Mounds, and the Troyville Earthworks. The Troyville Earthworks have components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the Baytown to the Troyville-Coles Creek periods. It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana at in height; it was the second-tallest mound in North America (after Monk's Mound at Cahokia Mounds). This mound was destroyed to make way for the Jonesvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tributaries Of The Red River Of The South A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Louisiana List of rivers of Louisiana (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Gulf of Mexico East of the Mississippi Pearl River Bogue Chitto River '' The Rigolets'' '' Lake St. Catherine'' ''Lake Pontchartrain'' *Lacombe Bayou Tchefuncte River *Bogue Falaya **Abita River Tangipahoa River *Sims Creek Pass Manchac *''Lake Maurepas'' **Tickfaw River ***Natalbany River ****Ponchatoula Creek *** Blood River **Amite River ***Bayou Manchac *** Comite River **** Comite Creek ** Blind River *** Petite Amite River ****** New River Bayou Bienvenue Mississippi River Mississippi River =Distributaries= Bayou Lafourche * Bayou Terrebonne * Bayou Black * Bayou du Large * Bayou Grand Caillou * Bayou Petit Caillou Atchafalaya River * Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Teche * Bayou Boeuf Bayou Long * Belle River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Arkansas This article is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Arkansas. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Red River * Mississippi River Red River * ''Black River (LA)'' ** ''Tensas River (LA)'' * Bayou Macon Ouachita River * Boeuf River * ''Bayou D'Arbonne (LA)'' ** Cornie Bayou * Bayou Bartholomew * Saline River ** Hurricane Creek * Moro Creek * Smackover Creek * Little Missouri River ** Terre Noire Creek ** Terre Rouge Creek ** Antoine River ** Hickory Creek * Caddo River * ''Loggy Bayou (LA)'' ** ''Flat River (LA)'' * ''Red Chute Bayou (LA)'' ** Bodcau Bayou and Creek Bayou Dorcheat * Sulphur River * McKinney Bayou * Little River ** Saline River Cossatot River * Little Cossatot River Rolling Fork ** Mountain Fork Arkansas River * Mississippi River Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Louisiana Department Of Wildlife And Fisheries The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is a state agency of Louisiana that maintains state wildlife and fishery areas. The agency is headquartered in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Mission The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is assigned the responsibility of managing, conserving, promoting, and supervision of Louisiana's renewable fish and wildlife resources and their supporting habitats, through the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 Article IX, Section 7 and in revised statutes under Title 36 and Title 56. History The LDWF was formerly known as the ''Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission''. Divisions Programs Waterfowl Program The LDWF participates in the ''Waterfowl Program'' that includes waterfowl-wetlands management, research, and monitoring. Two biologists coordinate the program, the Waterfowl Study Leader and the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). The program offers technical assistance to improve w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bridge Over Bayou Macon East Of Epps, LA IMG 7435 A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge, dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese is one of the oldest arch bridges in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry The 1st Kansas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On August 10, 1861, at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, the regiment suffered 106 soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded, one of the highest numbers of fatalities suffered by any Union infantry regiment in a single engagement during the American Civil War. Part of the regiment was formed by soldiers from The Stubbs. Service The 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Lincoln near Leavenworth, Kansas from May 20 to June 30, 1861, the greatest number of men being recruited between May 20 and June 3. It then mustered in for three years' service under the command of Colonel George Washington Deitzler. The regiment moved to Wyandotte County, Kansas, then to Kansas City, Missouri and Clinton, Missouri, to join General Lyon, June 7-July 13, 1861. Attached to Dietzler's Brigade, Lyon's Army of the West. Attached to Department of Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joe's Bayou G.I. Joe's was a privately held retail chain for sporting goods, ready-to-wear clothing, and auto parts; that operated stores in the Pacific Northwest region of the northwestern United States. ''Growing Up With G.I. Joe's — From war surplus store in a tent to Pacific Northwest retail chain, how Ed Orkney built G.I. Joe's'' by his daughter Janna Orkney; Columbia Press 2015; . Founded in 1952, the company had as many as 31 stores, located in Oregon , Washington and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's Drainage basin, watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky Mountains, Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian mountains. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is , of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the world's List of rivers by discharge, tenth-largest river by discharge flow, and the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Boeuf River The Boeuf River () is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about long. It flows into the Ouachita near Enterprise, Louisiana.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 The Boeuf River's name comes from the French language, French word ', which means "ox". See also * List of rivers of Arkansas * List of rivers of Louisiana References Rivers of Arkansas Rivers of Louisiana Tributaries of the Red River of the South Rivers of Chicot County, Arkansas Ouachita River {{Louisiana-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bayou In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They typically contain brackish water highly conducive to fish life and plankton. Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor braid of a braided channel that is slower than the mainstem, often becoming boggy and stagnant. Though fauna varies by region, many bayous are home to crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish, and leeches, catfish, frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, American alligators, turtles, and snakes such as watersnakes, swampsnakes, mudsnakes, crayfish snakes, and cottonmouths. Common birds include anhingas, egrets, herons, spoonbills, as well as many oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]