The Farmington Enterprise (a predecessor to the Farmington Observer) published its first edition on Nov. 2, 1888. This photo shows its office prior to 1926, when the building was razed and rebuilt on the same site (Farmington Road, just south of Grand River). It’s no longer a news office today, but you can still read the work they printed there: visit farmlib.org/local-history.
See the then-and-now slider here.
Historic photo from the Farmington Community Library Heritage Room. Contemporary photo by Maria Taylor.
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My Mom worked at the Farmington Enterprise in the 1960s. She loved the work and it helped us hone our writing skills while in school at OLS. I edited a college newspaper we called CAUCUS while at John Carrol in Cleveland.
l am trying to run down the Kiley family which was a large family in Farmington. Kevin Kiley is a U.S. House member Dist. 3, CA. To whom can l go for any records/stories on this politician in the archives?
Thanks very much.
Tom Cunilio, Gainesville, Florida
tcunilio@gmail.com 352-376-6265
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