- Date
- 2006-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historyheritagecommunityeducationtransportationconservationemergency-managementcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2006 Beaver Beacon’s “On This Date” column reviewed earlier Island news from ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years before. The retrospective includes medical-provider recruitment, school and cemetery activity, beach and airport work, ferry and Coast Guard service, fires and emergency response, volleyball and St. Patrick’s Day, library and museum plans, wildlife, and school travel.
Evidence limits
This is a later retrospective combining several periods and subjects; it is not a replacement for the underlying issues, official records, school ledgers, weather and wildlife data, or event outcomes.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "On This Date."Recalls earlier provider recruitment, school, cemetery, beach, ferry, fire, sports, St. Patrick's Day, airport, library, museum, wildlife, Coast Guard, and school-trip reports across the preceding decades. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the retrospective column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon recalls earlier Beaver Island events in its On This Date column, May 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-may-2006-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "On This Date." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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