- Dates
- 1948-12-23 – 1994-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagefamilyseasonal-lifeinfrastructurepublicationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1994 Beacon reprinted Florence Ricksgers’s account of Christmas 1948, when a Beaver Island power outage required candlelight, hauled water, and an improvised search for the electrical fault before service returned on Christmas Day.
Evidence limits
This is a 1994 republication of a family recollection, not an electrical outage log or independently verified 1948 chronology.
Sources
- Reprints Ricksgers’s account of a Christmas 1948 power outage, candlelit cooking and church, the search for the line fault, and restoration on Christmas Day, with an editorial note connecting the piece to her 1994 death. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1994-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the reprinted family account and editorial remembrance.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reprints Florence Ricksgers’s account of Christmas 1948 and an island power outage”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-1948-florence-ricksgers-reprint-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1994, “Christmas, 1948 — with Florence Ricksgers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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