Name: August 1958 Beaver Beacon records cribbage, bass, and an orchid find
Start: 1958-06-02
End: 1958-08
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1958-06-02 – 1958-08
Kind: Observation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: recreationfishingvegetationenvironmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Three brief August 1958 notices record a perfect 29 cribbage hand, a nearly three-pound Garden Island bass, and a Calopogon orchid found in a cedar swamp on June 2.

Evidence limits

These are short newspaper observations. They do not provide a specimen, botanical determination, fish log, or complete account of the activities.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1958, “A PERFECT 29,” “BIG BASS BUSINESS,” and “CALP O ORCHID.”
Reports Mrs. Herman “Granny” Pischner holding a perfect 29 cribbage hand; Rogers Carlisle catching a bass just under three pounds at Garden Island; and Mrs. Sheldon Parker finding a Calopogon orchid on June 2 in an island cedar swamp while visiting Vern Hudson’s Font Lake cabin. It does not provide a specimen, fish measurement record, botanical determination, or complete recreation account. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cribbage, fishing, and orchid notices; it does not expand the recreation, fish, or plant record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “August 1958 Beaver Beacon records cribbage, bass, and an orchid find”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1958-island-observations/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1958, “A PERFECT 29,” “BIG BASS BUSINESS,” and “CALP O ORCHID.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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