Ecor Bienville Monument Selma Alabama

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In Selma at the edge of the Alabama River and at the end of Lauderdale street stands a stone monument with a bronze tablet having the following inscription. 1702 -1743 Ecor Bienville The First recorded name of Selma This tablet commemorates the engagement between Jean Baptiste De Moyne Siuer De Bienville Governor of the province and the Alibamo Indians. In 1714 Bienville made a friendly visit to this section

Erected 1932 by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Alabama


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