Trail Thoroughbred Horses for Sale near Phenix City, AL

About Phenix City, AL

What some claim was the last battle of the Civil War took place in Phenix City, then known as Girard. What is Phenix City today initially began as two towns bordering each other on the North and South. On the south side was Girard, in Russell County, and the town of Brownville, on the north side, which was entirely within Lee County. Because a community in Tuscaloosa County already claimed the name of Brownville, the post office insisted on the name of "Lively." To compound the confusion, the nearby railroad depot was called Knight's Station. Because residents preferred Brownville, on the 1880 U.S.