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Beaver Beacon reprints the first automobile trip from Beaver Island to Cross Village

Also First auto trip from Beaver Island · 1925 Beaver Island ice-road automobile trip

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TypeEvent
Date1990-02-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1990-02-27
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationmaritimecommunicationheritagepublication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 27, 1990 Beaver Beacon reprinted a December 1963 account of the first automobile trip from Beaver Island to Cross Village, dated February 25, 1925. The historical account describes a 1912 Ford and the drivers’ plan to cross the winter ice.

Evidence limits

This is a 1990 reprint of a 1963 reprint of a 1925 account. It preserves the newspaper’s historical source chain rather than serving as a contemporaneous trip log.

Sources

  1. Reprints a December 1963 Beacon account of the February 25, 1925 ice trip by W.J. Gallagher, Tom Gatliff, Joe Floyd, and Matt Melville in a 1912 Ford. 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 · 1990-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held twenty-page February issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reprints the first automobile trip from Beaver Island to Cross Village”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-auto-trip-cross-village-reprint-1990/, accessed [date], citing “First Auto Trip from Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, February 27, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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