- Date
- 1925-02-25
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island · Garden Island · Hat Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1963 Beaver Beacon reprinted a February 25, 1925 account of a 1912 Ford automobile trip from Beaver Island over the ice to Cross Village and back. The report names W. J. Gallagher, Tom Gatliff, Joe Floyd, and Mat Melville, and describes crossings near Garden Island and Hat Island.
Evidence and limits
This is a retrospective newspaper republication. The account does not provide an independent vehicle record, exact route survey, weather log, or evidence that the trip should be generalized to ordinary winter transportation.
Open questions
- Can contemporary Charlevoix Sentinel issues or family records verify the trip date and route?
Sources
- Reprints a Charlevoix Sentinel account dated February 25, 1925, describing W. J. Gallagher, Tom Gatliff, Joe Floyd, and Mat Melville driving a 1912 Ford over lake ice through Garden and Hat Islands to Cross Village and back; it is a retrospective republication and supplies no independent trip record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “First reported automobile trip from Beaver Island to Cross Village, 1925”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-auto-trip-to-cross-village-1925/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1963, “Beaver Tales: First Auto Trip from Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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