- Date
- 1989-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagereligionmigrationeconomygeographycommunication
- Within
- High Island
Summary
Ann Woodward’s December article discusses the House of David religious colony and its 1912 purchase and operation of a lumber camp on High Island, near Beaver Island. It places the local lumber history within the colony’s broader religious, economic, and institutional history.
Evidence limits
This is a published historical account; claims about the colony and High Island remain source-bounded here rather than independently re-researched.
Sources
- Describes Benjamin Purnell, the House of David colony, its 1912 purchase of a High Island lumber camp, island labor, and the colony’s later history. 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 · 1989-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held eighteen-page December issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes a history of the House of David and High Island, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-house-of-david-high-island-history-1989/, accessed [date], citing “The House of David,” by Ann Woodward, Beaver Beacon, December 22, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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