- Date
- 1902-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Frontier era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunicationmaritimecommerceconstructioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2002 Beacon reprinted December 1902 notices about travel, shipping, holiday life, construction, commerce, and illness on Beaver Island. The notices mention the steamer Beaver being stormbound, Christmas programs, new homes for Captain John McCann and Father Zugelder, the Beaver Island Lumber Company’s planned mill and railroad expansion, and James Gibson’s return from medical treatment.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper reprint, not a complete run of the 1902 source paper or an independent verification of the notices.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2002, “One Hundred Years Ago.”Reprints December 1902 notices about the Gills’ Beaver Island stay, the stormbound steamer Beaver, Christmas preparations, new houses and parish construction, the Beaver Island Lumber Company’s planned expansion and railroad, and James Gibson’s illness. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical newspaper reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “December 2002 Beacon reprints Beaver Island notices from December 1902”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-december-1902/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2002, “One Hundred Years Ago.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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