- Date
- 1967-07-04
- Kind
- Crime
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After 10 p.m. on July 4, 1967, plants at the Beaver Island Museum were damaged and the flower-bed fence was pulled up or destroyed. The July Beaver Beacon offered a $20 reward for information.
Evidence and limits
The notice is a contemporaneous appeal for information, not a conviction or police report. It does not identify the responsible person or report an outcome.
Open questions
- Was the damage investigated or repaired?
- Are Historical Society, police, or court records available?
Sources
- Reports that plants at the Beaver Island Museum were destroyed and the flower-bed fence damaged after 10 p.m. on July 4, and offers a $20 reward for information. It does not identify suspects, establish a legal charge, or report a resolution.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Plants and a flower-bed fence are damaged at Beaver Island Museum, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-museum-vandalism-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1967, “Reward — $20.00.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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