Aliceville POW Museum

Aliceville operated a World War II German prisoner of war camp which housed up to 6,000 German prisoners at its peak.  These prisoners have maintained an interest in Aliceville and have come back two times for reunions.  The Aliceville POW Museum houses hundreds of documents, works of art and artifacts collected by townspeople and Germans. Click here for more information.

Tom Bevill Center & Snagboat "Montgomery" 

The Tom Bevill Visitor Center located at Pickensville, Alabama, on the Tenn-Tom Waterway is open for your enjoyment and viewing. This significant historical and cultural resource is housed in an antebellum style mansion and contains displays which relate to the history and development of the Tenn-Tom and other waterways in the Southeast.

Dry docked beside the Tom Bevill Center is the U.S. Snagboat MONTGOMERY, one of the last steam-powered stern-wheelers to play the rivers of the South.  The Center and the snagboat are adjacent to the Bevill Lock and Dam, where visitors are invited to watch the lockage of vessels traveling between the Gulf of Mexico and the riverports of mid-America.  This historic old ship once patrolled the far reaches of the Tombigbee River, removing trees, stumps, sand-bars and other debris that obstructed navigation on the river.  For more information please call 205-373-8705 or www.tenntom.org.

 Face In The Window

 Pickens County Courthouse has the famous “Face in the Window”.  It is visited by thousands of people each year.  In 1878 Henry Wells was hidden in the garret of the courthouse to save him from an angry mob.  As he was looking down at the mob in terror, a flash of lightening “imprinted” his face indelibly on a pain of glass.  The picture captures the terror in Henry’s face and can still be seen today after more than 100 years.  All other panes of glass have long since been broken and replaced, but the one with Henry’s terrified face imprinted on it still survives.

Historic Methodist Church

Just 10 miles from Aliceville, the Pickensville First Methodist Church is believed to be the oldest church in Pickens County.  Established in 1821 and built in 1824, it served as a Confederate hospital in the Civil War.  The original church, however, dates back before this building was constructed for in 1779 preaching in the area was carried on by a circuit rider who made his rounds each year from Atlanta to Mobile on horseback.  There are Bible verses written in gold script on the walls.  In the original church (and as late as 1963), the women sat on the left, and the men sat on the right.

McCrory’s Grave Site

Don’t miss James McCrory’s grave just five miles from Aliceville on Highway 14 East.  McCrory was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought in one of Commanding General George Washington’s Life Guards at Valley Forge.  Mr. McCrory was born May 15, 1758 at Larga on the River Bann in county Antrim, Ireland.

Pickensville & Cochrane Campgrounds

Are you a camper?  Camping on the Tenn-Tom Waterway has been made easy by the Corps of Engineers.  The sites include primitive and improved campsites as well as nature trails.

 The Pickensville Campground is a Class-A facility open to campers year-round.  The one hundred and seventy-six sites have concrete pads, picnic tables, grills, lantern posts, fire rings, electrical and water connections and plenty of shade.

The Cochrane Campground offers a unique recreational opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts.  The setting on the banks of the old Tombigbee River provides modern facilities and the “comforts of home”.

For more information contact:  www.tenntom.org

Shark Tooth Creek

Shark Tooth Creek offers an awesome adventure through a portion of the vast “Sipsey Wilderness”.  The most popular trip consists of a 11 mile winding route down the beautiful Sipsey River, which features strong current and some small rapids, not to mention breathtaking scenery.  After your float, take a trip to famous Shark Tooth Creek, where you will find shark teeth and fossils millions of years old.

For more information contact:  www.sharktoothcreek.com

Stagecoach Inn

We are not certain when stage coach service began, but it was probably in the early 1830's when stage coaches arrived in Pickensville.  The first stage service which served Pickensville was begun by the Montgomery-Aberdeen stage lines.  A stage passed through the area each way every other day and Pickensville was an overnight rest stop where food and drinks were provided for passengers and horses were fed and watered.  Piano music was included.  It was not uncommon for four male passengers or four female passengers to be housed in one bedroom with two double beds.  If a passenger left an order at dinner, a new pair of boots would be sitting by his door the next morning from the tannery.  The Stage Coach Inn is currently being restored to its original state and will house a business and serve as a welcome center.

Tenn-Tom Waterway

Welcome to one of the South’s best representations of what is meant by “the great outdoors.”  The air is fresh and clean, and the land along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is almost pristine in many areas, still unspoiled and natural.  The safe, scenic Tenn-Tom connects 16,000 miles of inland waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.  America’s newest river provides superb recreational opportunities and outdoor fun and adventure for the people who live in the region and those who wish they did.

For more information please contact us at www.tenntom.org.