- Date
- 1888-05-08
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Irish era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 10, 1888 Charlevoix Journal reported that the Lon Cummings made its regular trip to Beaver Island on Tuesday morning and was expected to call there three times a week.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary operating notice. It does not provide a passenger or freight count, vessel registry, full schedule, or independent route record.
Sources
- Charlevoix Journal, May 10, 1888, “Local Notes and News.”Reports that the Lon Cummings came over Tuesday morning on its regular trip to Beaver Island and was understood to call there three times a week. It does not give a passenger or freight count, vessel registry, or independent schedule record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Lon Cummings makes a regular trip to Beaver Island, 1888”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/lon-cummings-regular-beaver-island-trip-1888/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Journal, May 10, 1888, “Local Notes and News.”.
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