Fort Tombecbe

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Fort Tombecbe was constructed by the French in 1735–1736 as a supply depot and starting point for Sieur de Bienville's vengeful military expedition against the Chickasaw Indians. Located in the French colony of Louisiana, Fort Tombecbe was built in the Choctaw Nation and would play a major role in Colonial France's efforts to stop English intrusions into the area. Tombecbe was the major French outpost and trade depot among the Choctaw, the largest Native American group in the colony.

Established at Bienville's decree, the fort was established about 270 miles upriver from Mobile, Alabama on an eighty-foot limestone bluff, White Rock Bluff, in present day Epes, in Sumter County, Alabama. This information is somewhat suported with additional information in the book "Dead Towns Of Alabama" by W. Stuart Harris.

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