Brant’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Brant. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Brant Township was organized in 1858. Thomas Berry was elected the first supervisor that year.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Brant’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brant’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHemlock Road Bridge, Spanning nor…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Brant, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Brant is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brant has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Parshallburg Bridge in Chesaning, 9.2 miles away.
Brant and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hemlock Road Bridge, Spanning north branch of Bad River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.