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brighton
9 Porch Notes tagged “brighton,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Adams County
The South Platte Heritage Corridor is Adams County's river spine
A 17-mile South Platte stretch from Commerce City to Brighton, framed around nature, culture, farming, restoration, and recreation.
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Brighton's old courthouse explains why the county seat landed there
Adams County split from Arapahoe in 1902 and chose Brighton as its seat in 1904, building the first courthouse at 4th and Bridge.
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Ken Mitchell gives Brighton a local lake-and-open-space landmark
Ken Mitchell Lake, boardwalk pier, and open space give Brighton a city-scale water landmark of its own, apart from Barr Lake State Park.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
Brighton City Museum keeps the local paper trail close to home
Brighton City Museum holds documents, photos, newspapers, maps, and diaries of Adams County history, open for research by appointment.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
Bromley Farm in Brighton: a Japanese American family's farm you can walk
A preserved Brighton farm carries two stories at once, and a fall festival lets families walk the same ground its Japanese American owners worked for sixty years.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
Historic Splendid Valley keeps Brighton's farm edge visible
Historic Splendid Valley is a Brighton and Adams County effort to keep working farmland south of Brighton, with its history intact.
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Why Brighton sits where it does: railroads, the river, and sugar beets
Brighton, the Adams County seat, grew up where a railroad met South Platte farmland, and sugar-beet and truck farming shaped the county for generations.
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How Adams County got its name and its start
Adams County was created in the early 1900s from Arapahoe County and named for Governor Alva Adams, with Brighton rancher Emmet Bromley behind the bill.
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The neighbors on the wall: stories at Adams County's veterans memorial
At the Adams County Veterans Memorial in Riverdale Regional Park, a battleship replica draws your eye, but a story wall of accounts submitted by county residents is what tends to hold you.
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