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Beaver Island logging camps open for winter timber work, 1958

Also 1958 Beaver Island logging camps · 1958 Beaver Island croquet-mallet timber work

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TypeEvent
Dates1958-01-07 – 1958-04-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1958-01-07 – 1958-04-15
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
economylumberingcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1958 Beaver Beacon reports two winter logging camps opening January 7. Lawrence McDonough’s crew was expected to cut timber through March 15; the issue says some timber would later be turned on Beaver Island into croquet mallets and shipped to Grand Rapids for finishing. James W. Gallagher’s crew cut timber for Ernie Manthel’s Petoskey veneer mill.

Evidence and limits

The report is a newspaper account of planned or ongoing work. It does not provide payrolls, production totals, contracts, or independent business records.

Sources

  1. Reports Lawrence McDonough’s camp opening January 7 through March 15, with timber later turned on Beaver Island into croquet mallets and shipped to Grand Rapids for finishing; it names Pete Peterson, Joe Sendenburg, Albert Lewis, and cook Mat Melville. It also lists James W. Gallagher’s crew—Paul Ken, George Wajsak, and Jimmy Floyd—cutting timber for Ernie Manthel’s Petoskey veneer mill. It does not provide payrolls, production totals, contracts, or independent business records. 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 · 1958-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the logging-camp report and timber-work description; it does not expand the industrial or employment record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island logging camps open for winter timber work, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-logging-camps-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1958, “LOGGING CAMPS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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