- Date
- 2005-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationhistoryheritagecommunitycommunicationeducationinfrastructuretransportationhealthcarerecreationenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2005 Beaver Beacon’s “On This Date” column revisited Island news from ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years earlier. Its subjects included Jewell Gillespie, ferry construction, Medical Center funds, hunting, township and school matters, the Lighthouse School, and earlier Island heritage.
Evidence limits
This record documents the 2005 retrospective publication. The older claims should be checked against the cited earlier Beacon issues or underlying records before being treated as independently established.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "On This Date."Recalls earlier Island reporting on Jewell Gillespie, ferry construction, Medical Center funds, hunting, township and school matters, the Lighthouse School, and Island heritage from ten through fifty years earlier. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held December issue scan confirms the retrospective column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon's December 2005 On This Date column revisits Island history”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-december-2005-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "On This Date." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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