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Bienville erected Fort Tombigbee as supply depot and trading post
Source: Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South #607
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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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