Bienville


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Bien•ville

(byɛ̃ˈvil)

n. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne,
Sieur de,
1680–1768, French governor of Louisiana.
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Unfortunately she had mislaid or lost Mademoiselle Reisz's card, and looking up her address in the city directory, she found that the woman lived on Bienville Street, some distance away.
In truth, he did not want to know her at all, or anything concerning her--the most disagreeable and unpopular woman who ever lived in Bienville Street.
$3.9 million, 3701 Bienville Avenue, VPG Construction
She studied with French artist Antoine Bourdelle, created bas-relief profiles for the Louisiana State Capitol and sculpted the Bienville Monument, other monuments, and sculptures appearing in the state and internationally.
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation on Monday announced that it has awarded a USD150,000 grant to Winn Community Health Center in support of school children in Bienville, Grant, Winn and Lincoln Parishes in Louisiana.
WK's PSA is a 35 mile radius around Shreveport and consists of the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Red River and Bienville. The PSA accounts for approximately 87% of WK's total inpatient admissions.
It all came to an end when the pair were ambushed and killed on Wednesday, May 23, 1934, on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
In 1718, French explorer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville found a bit of high ground 100 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River and founded New Orleans where today Jackson Square sits.
WMA Area (ha) Vegetation type Longitude Latitude Bienville 10 830 pine forest -89.57 32.38 Chickasawhay 11 750 pine forest -88.78 31.58 Choctaw 86 910 hardwood forest -89.12 33.25 Copiah Country 26 670 pine forest -90.66 31.81 Leaf River 16 760 pine forest -88.92 31.08 Little Bilox 58 340 pine forest -89.26 30.65 Malmaison 34 540 crop -90.09 33.72 O'Keefe 25 780 crop -90.24 34.08 Old River 59 780 woody wetland -89.80 30.77 Sandy Creek 68 730 hardwood forest -91.15 31.43 Shipland 19 650 crop -91.12 32.76 Sunflower 25 220 crop -90.71 32.92 Tallahala 11 140 pine forest -89.34 32.24 Upper Sardis 19 320 hardwood forest -89.32 34.37 Table 2.
The round, one of the largest announced for real estate owner specific software, is backed by landlords including Brookfield Property Partners, Rudin Ventures, C-III Capital Partners, as well as venture capital firms Navitas Capital, Greensoil Building Innovation Fund, Bienville Capital Management and Riverpark Funds.
It was braided line, and I said, "Fellas, we're going to have to re-tie." So at Bienville Plantation, we have this one little spot where sky-high lures are hanging still.