Source: Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South (ID607)
Author: Work Projects Administration (ID294)
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1735-01-01 - 1735-12-31
Bienville erected Fort Tombigbee as supply depot and trading post
At the south end of the bridge is Jones Bluff, the Site of Fort Tombigbee. Bienville, governor of Louisiana
Territory, sent a company of soldiers and artisans under Colonel M. Lussier to erect the fort in 1735 as a supply depot and permanent trading post.
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