Brighton Area Historical Society

Our community is a wonderful place to live and to raise a family.  You will find many fine people and organizations that take pride in civic responsibility.  Civic responsibility affects all of us.  However, it is easy to forget that each one of us has a responsibility to help support these organizations as they attempt […]

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Being a community member implies that we share many common interests.  Many people in the Brighton area have donated their personal resources to assist in a common good at one time or another.  Church fund raising, school PTO, civic responsibilities, meals on wheels, scouting, and many other important organizations have been the benefactors of this […]

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While reading “From Settlement To City” by Carol McMacken, I have reflected upon the many stories that have been compiled by Carol as she researched the history of Brighton from 1832 to 1945.  Over 10 years of research provides the basis of the reflections into our community’s past.  These anecdotes allow the reader to visualize […]

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A new project is about to be launched that will preserve all the vital photos of Brighton’s past.  Today all our visual records are photographs, negatives or newspaper prints.  The valuable images that document our early families’ travels through life are deteriorating as we move forward in time.  Included with our family photos are the […]

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