- Date
- 1959-03-17
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationrecreationtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that Cecile Miller and Vern La Pine of Gould City visited Beaver Island by snowmobile on March 17, drawing a crowd of children.
Evidence limits
The notice is not a route log, vehicle registration, ice report, or independent travel record.
Sources
- Reports that on March 17 a snowmobile crossed the ice and stopped in front of Dick’s Store, where Cecile Miller and Vern La Pine of Gould City had arrived for a visit. It says children gathered to inspect the machine. It does not provide a route log, vehicle registration, ice conditions, or independent travel records. 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 · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the snowmobile visit; it does not expand the travel or vehicle record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Two Upper Peninsula visitors arrive at Beaver Island by snowmobile, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-1959-snowmobile-visit/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1959, “STRANGE CONTRAPTION.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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