- Date
- 2002-10-01
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommunityheritageconstruction
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Dick Winnick’s long-rumored portable-house move took place on October 1, 2002. The structure moved from Donnel Mor’s Lane to Bonner Centennial Farm while the article also recorded Winnick’s knife-restoration and metal-detecting work.
Evidence limits
The feature gives a narrative account of the move, not engineering, property, or ownership records.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Beaver Island’s Knife Repairman moves his Home.”Reports the October 1 move of Dick Winnick’s portable home from behind the former Pelke speakeasy on Donnel Mor’s Lane to Bonner Centennial Farm, and describes his knife and metal-detecting work. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the house-move report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Dick Winnick moves his portable Beaver Island home to Bonner Centennial Farm on October 1, 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-winnick-house-move-october-1-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Beaver Island’s Knife Repairman moves his Home.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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