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Pickens County Museum of Art & History

Historic Sites

Hagood Mill Historic Site

Click here to read a brief history of Pickens County

Click here to read memories of Pickens County's centennial celebration in 1968 (memories from Charles Dalton, Dean Holder, Davey and Kay Hiott, Pat Welborn, Glenn Brock, Pat Mulkey, Jo Ann Gilstrap Brewer, Vicki Crawford, Tommy Webster, Charles Burkett, and Joe Waldrop)

Historical Feature Stories

The war reporter: Clemson alumnus was first to tell the world about D-Day

June 6, 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Journalist Wright Bryan, a 1926 Clemson graduate, broadcast the first eyewitness account of the D-Day landings. Read this story, written by Clemson Public Information Director and U.S. Army photo journalist Ken Scar, published in The Pickens County Chronicle. The story includes a link to the audio of Wright Bryan's D-Day broadcast.

DAR and SAR dedicate America 250 marker at Old Stone Church in Clemson

The Andrew Pickens and Fort Prince George chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the General Andrew Pickens chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution dedicate an America 250 marker at Old Stone Church to mark the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States. Among the Revolutionary War soldiers buried at Old Stone Church is General Andrew Pickens, for whom our county is named. Read The Pickens County Chronicle's in-depth story and view photos from the event.