Talk:Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
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[edit] Selection of the site of New Orleans
I heard on NPR that when Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded New Orleans in 1718 at its present site it was despite the advice of his engineers. Can anyone verify this? 65.79.32.33
- I thought that the site of the initial city (now the French Quarter) was selected because it was not prone to flooding from the Mississippi. Alas, I don't have any source for this information. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 15:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Fingers, I don't doubt that potential flooding had something to do with it. Earlier, in 1711, he had to move the settlement in Mobile, Alabama to its present site because of flooding at the original site. I would presume that he was sensitive to potential flooding. — Rlm0710 30 December 2005
[edit] Founder of Mobile, Alabama
In 1702, Bienville and his brother, d'Iberville, were the founders of Mobile, Alabama. — Rlm0710 30 December 2005
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