- Dates
- 1903-04-02 – 1903-04-30
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historypublicationtransportationmaritimecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2003 historical column revisits 1903 reports about seed-pea shipments, opening navigation, the steamer Beaver carrying mail and lightkeepers, telephone poles between church and harbor, township elections, a postmaster vacancy, spring fishing, logging, and trade.
Evidence limits
This is a later transcription and summary of historical newspaper items, not the original Charlevoix Sentinel pages.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.”Summarizes seed-pea shipments, spring navigation, steamer Beaver service, lightkeeper transportation, telephone poles, township elections, the postmaster vacancy, and Island spring trade. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The April 2003 Beacon revisits Beaver Island news from April 1903”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-april-1903/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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