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The Pickens County Chronicle is a locally owned and operated newspaper in Pickens County, South Carolina publishing local news, feature stories, history, tourism, outdoor recreation, and more

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The Pickens County Chronicle is a locally owned and operated newspaper in Pickens County, South Carolina publishing local news, feature stories, history, tourism, outdoor recreation, and more

Read more than 700 stories free inside

Advertise and support Pickens County journalism

The Pickens County Chronicle has reached more than 9,000 readers

Thank you for supporting local journalism that has supported our communities in Pickens County since 1999
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Historical Feature Stories

Oolenoy...The birthplace of Pickens County

The war reporter: Clemson alumnus Wright Bryan was first to tell the world about D-Day; 1926 graduate broadcast the first eyewitness account of the D-Day landings

Members of the Fort Prince George Chapter of the DAR present for the America 250 marker dedication. (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)
Descendants of General Andrew Pickens present at the ceremony: Harry Mays (SAR, General Andrew Pickens Chapter), Lucy Willis (Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Alabama branch), Dianne Mays Crooks (DAR, Fort Prince George Chapter). (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)
Fort Prince George DAR Chapter Regent Carolyn Nations, Andrew Pickens Chapter DAR Regent Darlene Dowdy, and General Andrew Pickens SAR Chapter President Bud Starnes. (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)
Members of the Sons of the American Revolution, General Andrew Pickens Chapter, present for the ceremony. (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) dedicate America 250 Patriots Marker at Old Stone Church in Clemson, where our county's namesake, General Andrew Pickens, is buried