- Date
- 1959-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationeconomycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1959 Beaver Beacon says reports of dangerously low food and fuel supplies were misleading. Fuel had been low, but a Coast Guard shipment relieved the concern, while local stores had stocked food before boat service stopped.
Evidence limits
The report is not a shipment manifest, inventory, price record, or complete supply chronology.
Sources
- Says Michigan newspaper reports that fuel and food supplies were dangerously low were misleading: fuel had been low but a Coast Guard shipment more than adequately addressed it, while the island stores had stocked food before boat service stopped. It does not provide shipment manifests, inventory counts, prices, or a complete supply chronology. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the supply correction and Coast Guard shipment report; it does not expand the logistics or inventory record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A Coast Guard shipment relieves Beaver Island’s reported fuel shortage, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-supply-shortage-and-coast-guard-shipment-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1959, “FALSE IMPRESSIONS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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BibTeX for “A Coast Guard shipment relieves Beaver Island’s reported fuel shortage, 1959”RIS for “A Coast Guard shipment relieves Beaver Island’s reported fuel shortage, 1959”