- Dates
- 1963-02 – 1993-02
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistorypublicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 2003 Beaver Beacon’s “On This Date” column revisited Island news from 1993, 1983, 1973, and 1963. The retrospective covered school construction and a road rally, a place-name dispute and an ice crossing, a car lost through harbor ice, wildlife and mail history, and earlier winter, fishing, political, and school-community notes.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper retrospective that summarizes earlier issues; it is not a substitute for the original 1963–1993 Beacon issues.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “On This Date.”Reviews February reports from 1993 (school-gym bids, a road rally, the Darkeytown naming dispute, walking across the ice, and Rural Health Clinic designation), 1983 (a car sinking through harbor ice), 1973 (low snow, wildlife management, snowmobile safety, mail history, and local deaths), and 1963 (severe winter, ice fishing, local passings, politics, and school honors). No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the retrospective column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “February Beaver Beacon retrospective revisits Island events from 1963, 1973, 1983, and 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-february-retrospective-1963-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “On This Date.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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