Now through Feb. 29, experience the sights and sounds from the farms of early Brighton when you visit the CoBACH Center.
Two large combination steel and wood plows combined with enlarged old photos will provide the image of the ruggedness of the American farmer. The early photos relate how grain and animal farming was performed and hand tools on display will allow guests to visualize different components of the process.
Beautiful large pictures of honeybees and their hives, bee farming equipment and retail products using the bees’ honey and wax demonstrate how bees provide a vital service and product for the community.
A life-like cow will capture the heart of every child as they enter the building and stare at the big dark eyes of the cow that is resting on the floor. This is a great photo opportunity for those young children.
Meet Tammy Jo Swineberg on Saturday afternoons as she shares her pig farming knowledge with the children. Her funny videos of farm animals will generate smiles and laughter from the kids in all of us.
The Robert Schaffer family has donated the tools and office equipment of Dr. George Schaffer, a former practicing veterinarian in Brighton from the 1930s-60s, and these are on display. See some early surgery tools that were used to maintain the health of the local herds as well as pets.
Early pictures of businesses that supported the farmer such as grain elevators and mills are on display and provide a focus on our agrarian community of ten decades ago. While farming in the Brighton area today is minuscule, the images and memories of the past are important and must be shared and preserved.
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Your visit to this exhibit will allow your senses to escape to an earlier point in time. Please share this experience with adults and children of all ages so they may gain an appreciation for the farmers that forged Brighton into the wonderful family-oriented community of today!
CoBACH Hours: Tuesday-Friday and Sunday, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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