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Beaver Island beef-cattle raising begins (1960)

Also 1960 island beef-cattle project

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

In May 1960, Don Wielke, Perry Crawford, Bud McDonough, and Lawrence McDonough were reported to be beginning a beef-cattle operation on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

The notice records an early project, not a completed farm or production census. It does not give herd size, property, breed, or later outcome.

Open questions

  • Which agricultural, property, or business records document the cattle project and its duration?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Steaks and Hamburgers.”
    Reports Don Wielke and Perry Crawford of the Pontiac area together with Bud and Lawrence McDonough beginning to raise beef cattle on Beaver Island. It does not give herd size, property, breed, financing, or later production.
    beaver_beacon · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon