Phenix City

Phenix City, Alabama, on the western bank of the Chattahoochee River across from Columbus, Georgia, was officially incorporated as Brownville in 1883. However, its history can be traced through Girard, Knights Station, Summerville, Fort Mitchell, the Creek Indian town of Coweta, and several other communities within Russell Country. Phenix City has provided a setting for many of the important events in Alabama's history from early Spanish explores, to its rich Native American heritage, to it...