- Date
- 2004-08
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoryhuntingpublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
During a late-August visit for his parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary, Frank Howard returned to Beaver Island the head of the first deer legally shot there, a 1938 specimen taken by his father Sylvester. The September Beaver Beacon said it was placed on display in the Museum.
Evidence limits
The notice does not identify the museum’s accession record, specimen condition, or the earlier newspaper article beyond naming Ben East.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2004, "First Deerhead Returns."Reports Frank Howard bringing back the head of the first deer legally shot on Beaver Island, taken by his father Sylvester in 1938, for display in the Museum. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the museum-history report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “First legally shot Beaver Island deerhead returns to the Museum”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-legal-deerhead-returns-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2004, "First Deerhead Returns." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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