Volunteers plant flowering crab trees around Beaver Harbor, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-06
Kind: Construction
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmenthorticulturecommunityinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Chamber’s Harbor Beautification Committee reported that fifty flowering crab trees donated by Barney Gleason had been planted around Beaver Harbor in spring 1988 by island volunteers.

Evidence limits

The newspaper reports the planting and donor; it does not provide a planting map, nursery records, or later survival assessment.

Sources

“Flowering Crab Trees,” Beaver Beacon, June 1988.
Reports fifty flowering crab trees donated by Barney Gleason and planted around the harbor by Ron Wojan, Dennis Clarkson, Jim Wojan, Tim McDonough, Dave Roop, Bruce McCone, Sam Johnson, and Jason Stambough. 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 · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
Dolgo crab tree follow-up, Beaver Beacon, September 1988.
Identifies the flowering crab planted around the harbor as a Dolgo crab donated by Barney Gleason and describes its hardiness, flowers, fruit, and landscape use. 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 · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the tree follow-up.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteers plant flowering crab trees around Beaver Harbor, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-flowering-crab-tree-planting-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Flowering Crab Trees,” Beaver Beacon, June 1988. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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