- Date
- 2011-08
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationcommunicationheritagemusic-folklore
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2011 Beacon reports that John Hett’s song about engineer David Chase’s fatal 1908 locomotive crash had reached YouTube. The article describes the ballad as a character-focused account of Chase, his wife, and their three children.
Evidence limits
The issue does not preserve the video URL or establish its upload date; this record documents the newspaper’s publication claim.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "The Ballad of David Chase."Reports that John Hett's song about engineer David Chase's fatal 1908 locomotive crash had reached YouTube, and describes the song's focus on Chase, his wife, and their children. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the ballad publication report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “John Hett publishes a David Chase ballad video, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ballad-david-chase-video-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "The Ballad of David Chase." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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