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Civic members plant cedar trees around Holy Cross Church, 1959

Also 1959 Holy Cross cedar planting · Beaver Island church grounds landscaping

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TypeEvent
Date1959-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-06
Kind
Construction
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1959 Beaver Beacon reports civic members digging, hauling black dirt, and planting cedar trees around Holy Cross Church.

Evidence limits

The report does not identify the workers, provide a planting plan, funding, tree count, or completion record.

Sources

  1. Reports an active group of civic members digging, hauling, and planting cedar trees around Holy Cross Church, with black dirt hauled and leveled around the planting. It does not identify the workers, provide a plan, funding, tree count, or completion record. 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 · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cedar-planting report; it does not expand the church grounds or landscaping record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Civic members plant cedar trees around Holy Cross Church, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-cedar-planting-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1959, “CEDAR BEE (NOT CIDER).” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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