- Date
- 2003-08
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationheritagecommunicationcommunityconservationtransportationwildlifemaritime
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2003 Beaver Beacon’s On This Date column revisited earlier August reporting. Its ten-years-ago section recalled the Carl D. Bradley lifeboat’s arrival at the Marine Museum, visitor and Chamber activity, Transfer Station staffing, and an Island attitudes survey. The twenty-, thirty-, and forty-years-ago sections preserved reports about cable repair, aviation, wildlife management, theatre, military service, resident memory, harbor and fishing activity, wreck diving, church construction, and the return of a loose goat.
Evidence limits
This record documents a 2003 retrospective column, not the original historical issues or independent verification of every recalled date and detail.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “On This Date”.The column recalls the 1993 procurement and restoration of the Carl D. Bradley lifeboat, Chamber visitor counts, Transfer Station staffing, and an Island attitudes survey; 1983 cable repair, the first jet at the Township Airport, doe permits, and Island history; 1973 theatre, military enlistments, deaths, and resident reminiscence; and 1963 harbor traffic, fishing, wreck diving, church construction, and the return of a stowaway goat. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the August 2003 retrospective column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon recalls Beaver Island news from August 1993, 1983, 1973, and 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-august-2003-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “On This Date”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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