Bienville's bluff of the
Carolina Galley gave this
town its name
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English Turn
In 1699 Bienville, while canoeing down the Mississippi just south of present New Orleans, met a British Warship and told a 'little fib' about a huge French
fort just upriver. The British captain believed the story and "turned around". Hence the name "ENGLISH TURN".
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