- Date
- 2014-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationheritagehistorycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April-May 2014 Beaver Beacon publishes a “One Hundred Years Ago” column based on F. Protar’s notes and contemporary newspaper reports. It covers the 1914 Beaver Island cable’s move to the regular telephone office, the completion of Frank Left’s tug, the end of the ice-mail route, and the first return of the mail boat.
Evidence limits
This record documents the 2014 publication and its stated source basis; the reprinted historical items are not treated as independently verified here.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "One Hundred Years Ago."Reprints April 1914 notes and Charlevoix newspaper items about the Beaver Island cable, Frank Left's tug, the first mail boat after the ice broke, the steamer Beaver, and Island news. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April-May issue scan confirms the historical column and reproduced newspaper items.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon publishes its April 1914 historical column”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-april-1914-publication/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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