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  • My fondest MG memory will always be sitting in Bienville Square in downtown Mobile on Shrove Tuesday, surrounded by thousands of drunk and getting drunker revelers, and watching the cops on horseback ride by and yank underage drinkers up by the collar to escort them on the horse's thigh to the nearest station for processing.

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  • My fondest MG memory will always be sitting in Bienville Square on Shrove Tuesday, surrounded by thousands of drunk and getting drunker revelers, and watching the cops on horseback ride by and yank underage drinkers up by the collar to escort them on the horse's thigh to the nearest station for processing.

    Laissez la bonne exposition de seins 2004

  • Bienville is home to some of the best phosphate-pit lakes in the state.

    Four Winter Fishing Destinations 2004

  • My fondest MG memory will always be sitting in Bienville Square on Shrove Tuesday, surrounded by thousands of drunk and getting drunker revelers, and watching the cops on horseback ride by and yank underage drinkers up by the collar to escort them on the horse's thigh to the nearest station for processing.

    February 2004 2004

  • From the decks of the "Bienville," the nearest steamer, the officers with their glasses could see the crew of the distressed vessel working like beavers, throwing overboard every thing of weight to lighten the ship.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • By the most strenuous efforts all were saved, and the "Bienville" steamed away, leaving the "Winfield

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • It seemed folly to attempt to launch lifeboats in such a furious sea, but the captain of the "Bienville" determined to make the attempt to save the men on the doomed "Winfield

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • Cèleron de Bienville, Pierre-Joseph 1693–1759 French marine officer, commanded force in Ohio Valley, 1749, warned French government of English incursions into territory

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • He was ignored, so in 1749 he sent Captain Céleron de Bienville at the head of a party of soldiers, militia, and Indians to the Allegheny River, then down the Ohio and up the Great Miami, to post lead-plate notices declaring that this was French territory.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • He was ignored, so in 1749 he sent Captain Céleron de Bienville at the head of a party of soldiers, militia, and Indians to the Allegheny River, then down the Ohio and up the Great Miami, to post lead-plate notices declaring that this was French territory.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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