- Date
- 2013-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island archipelago
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religionagriculturelumberingcommunicationhistory
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The May 2013 Beaver Beacon reprinted a 1913 account of the House of David’s High Island colony, describing its sawmill, wireless telegraph, vessels, farming ambitions, and reported population.
Evidence limits
This is a later publication of a period newspaper report and preserves its language and claims; it is not an independent census or institutional history.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2013, "One Hundred Years Ago: High Island Booming."Reprints a May 1913 Charlevoix Sentinel report describing the House of David's High Island sawmill, wireless telegraph, vessels, farming plans, and reported colony of about 100 people. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held May issue scan confirms the historical report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints a 1913 report on the House of David at High Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-high-island-booming-1913-publication/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2013, "One Hundred Years Ago: High Island Booming." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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