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Aliceville is the largest city in Pickens County, Alabama. It was home to a World War II German prisoner of war camp, which is now the focus of the Aliceville Museum.

Located in the southern part of the county, Aliceville is named for Alyce…

The Pickensville Stagecoach Inn was constructed about 1820 and located along the Old Columbus Road. It is thought to be the oldest surviving structure in the small town of Pickensville, the former seat of government in Pickens County, and once a…

The building was built in 1914 by Gordo's first town council to house Mayor Benjamin Garrison's office, city courtroom and jail. It was used as city hall and jail until 1949. Records show it to be the oldest remaining brick structure in Gordo. It was…

The plaque for the historic Rosenwald School stands in front of the school building at 120 Jim Locke Road in Pickensville, Ala.

The plaque reads:

The school was erected in 1925 and sits on three acres donated by two community citizens, Nunnie…

Oaklane School, 785 1st Avenue, NW, Gordo, AL, was a school for Black students from first grade through 12th grade. The school closed in 1970 when total integration was achieved in Pickens County schools. Partial integration began in 1968 when some…

This historic marker for Pickensville was erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the town of Pickensville in front of the Pickensville Town Hall. Erected in July 2010, the marker reads:

In 1817, two years before Alabama became a state, a…

A sign on Main Street in Gordo details the founding of the city and its history from the 1830s until 2008. It reads as follows:

History of Gordo, Alabama

The area's first settlers arrived in the 1830s and established the Crossroads community at…

The Glenn School was a one-room schoolhouse in Glenn, a settlement in Samantha in Tuscaloosa County, AL. The school was probably named for the post office in 1899. (Mary E. Cain became the postmaster of the Glenn Post Office on June 29, 1897).

The 1948 yearbook staff work at Pickens County High School in Reform, Ala. The students standing from the left are Rubye Kate Ashcraft, Luvenia Tiller, Minnie Swindal, Billy Holliman, Doris Nell Alexander, Daisy Faye Simpson, Will Earl Bouchillion…

The historic Phoenix Hotel in Carrollton, Alabama, showed the ravages of time as it faced demolition in 1966.

The hotel was built in 1841 and was demolished to make room for a new county activities building. Probate Judge Robert H. Kirksey said…