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 […]
Brighton’s oldest cemetery is due for its annual grounds restoration on Saturday, May 6 from 9 am-Noon. This will be the Ninth Annual Spring Day of Restoration as we prepare all the gravesites including those of United States Veterans for the upcoming Memorial Day remembrance. This is a wonderful opportunity to donate a Saturday morning […]
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 […]
Have you ever wondered how orders were given by the officers’ during a typical day to the hundreds of soldiers in camp? How about during a battle with the piercing sounds of booming cannon fire and musket rifle blasts? The man whose job was to sound the commanders’ orders was the bugler. The bugler played […]
The historic Old Village Cemetery, adjacent to the millpond and behind St. Paul’s Church, will be getting a spring cleaning. On Saturday May 2nd, volunteers lead by the Brighton Area Historical Society will meet at the historic cemetery to give a well needed cleaning and pruning. If you are interested in history, old cemetery, or […]
As early as 1785 the Brighton area was under the influence of the Federal Ordnance of that year. This ordnance called for a survey, prior to settlement, of the lands north and west of the Ohio River to the Mississippi. These lands were ceded to the U.S. at the end of the Revolutionary War in […]
Among the press of pioneers from the east, Cyrenus Morgan and brothers, Nathaniel G. Sr, and Benjamin, came from New York to Michigan to find new homes, 1835-37. The opening of the Erie Canal, in 1825, greatly reduced the labor, time, danger and expense of the journey.
Originally purchased by Richard J. and Martha Lyons in 1834, the W ½ SE ¼ and E ¼ SW ¼ of Section 22, Brighton Township, was in the hands of Henry Weber c. 1900. At that time the original 120 acres totaled 118.5 acres. In 1842 Richard and Martha had set aside land for use […]
Each year in Brighton the Veterans’ Organizations conduct Memorial Day observances. This has been happening since May 30, 1884, when the Samuel B. Appleton Post #179 of the G.A.R. held Memorial Services for their fellow comrades.
