The Brighton community owes a debt of gratitude to Marieanna Bair for her leadership and ex-hausting research of old community and family documents over the past 36 years. This intensive work has led to numerous written articles detailing the history of people, businesses, farms and churches of the Brighton Area.At the May Brighton Area Historical […]
Learn about Brighton and its past as the community celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Brighton becoming a village. The Brighton Area Historical Society has wonderful large old photos that illustrate downtown Brighton over 100 years ago. The CoBACH Center was the first town hall and fire station built in 1879. The town hall business was […]
EXHIBITS at CoBACH Sunday – Friday, 5-8 pm Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm Closed Monday CoBACH Display April – June “World War I” Learn about the local WWI veterans that served our country as the 100th Anniversary of WWI takes place this year. Over 100 local veterans have their photos and their service records on exhibit. See letters […]
Celebrate Brighton’s 150th Anniversary in 2017! Get your calendar out right now – record Sunday, August 13 as the primary day to celebrate our city’s sesquicentennial! Share this information with your church members, morning coffee buddies, scout leaders, teachers, PTO friends, family vacation planners, classmates, out-of-town family and friends of Brighton! We need you to […]
Its July 4, 1871, and lots of celebration is on the schedule. Not only are Brightonites celebrating the 95th anniversary of the United States, but also the completion of the railroad to Brighton from Detroit. Farm folks from miles around join the townspeople in their merrymaking for this long awaited occasion.
The next time we drive down Main Street or Grand River try to imagine its 1920. Yes, there are concrete sidewalks but the road surface is of earth with a little clay, sand and gravel on it. Can one image the mud of rainy weather or the dust of dry?
The Michigan State Fair, Fowlerville Fair, Brighton Folk Art Fair and, Sponsored by the Livingston County Agricultural Society, the Agricultural Fair in Brighton. All but the latter are familiar to us.
If one can correctly tap in the many numbers required, it is possible to talk to someone on the other side of the world within a few seconds. From many locations or from ones vehicle a conversation can be held in which the message comes through loudly and clearly. It is also possible for several […]
In 1843 The Livingston County Agricultural Society was formed for the purpose of encouragement and advancement of agriculture. This is barely ten years since the first settlers came to this wilderness area. In that short time land was cleared of trees, swamps were drained by digging ditches and the prairie was furrowed by the plow. […]
Struggling through the wet area in the southeast corner of Genoa Township (at that time the north half of Hamburg Township) around the lake (Lime Lake), it was with relief Henry Earl arrived on higher ground. But what a steep hill to climb! Henry Earl examined the 160 acres he had purchased from the U.S. […]
