Beaver Beacon publishes Reuben Hatch's 1923 first-flight poem, 1968

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Event

Date: circa 1968-02
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationheritageaviation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1968 Beaver Beacon published a Reuben Hatch poem dated February 7, 1923 about the first airplane flight to Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper literary reprint. It does not independently verify the 1923 flight history or establish the poem’s complete publication history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1968, “The First Airplane Flight to Beaver Island.”
Publishes a poem by Reuben Hatch dated February 7, 1923 about the first airplane flight to Beaver Island and introduces it as courtesy of the Charlevoix Courier; the poem's publication does not independently verify the 1923 flight history.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published poem; it does not establish the poem's complete publication history or independently authenticate its historical claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes Reuben Hatch's 1923 first-flight poem, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-airplane-flight-poem-published-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1968, “The First Airplane Flight to Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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