- 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
- 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
- Paired held twenty-page February issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
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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