The Adrian Weekly Times & Expositor brings the past back into view, one page at a time.

This site is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories, notices, scandals, tragedies, advertisements, and everyday life once printed in the historic Adrian Weekly Times & Expositor. Rather than rewriting history, we present it as it appeared in print, allowing modern readers to step into the world of nineteenth-century Adrian and the surrounding region.

Here you will find:

• old newspaper stories
• local crime reports
• obituaries and death notices
• business advertisements
• social items and public notices
• forgotten pieces of Michigan history

The goal is simple: to give these old pages new life.

Some stories are shocking. Some are sad. Some are strange. Many are surprisingly familiar. Together, they form a vivid record of how people lived, argued, suffered, worked, celebrated, and were remembered.

Whether you are here for local history, genealogy, true crime, vintage advertising, or simple curiosity, welcome.

Step into the past. Read what they read.