- Dates
- 1903-01-01 – 1903-01-31
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historypublicationcommercetransportationmaritime
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 2003 historical column revisits January 1903 reports: incorporation of the Beaver Island Lumber Company with planned timber operations and railroad construction; steamer Beaver trips limited by ice; Island students attending a Chicago college; and mail delivery by the Beaver and tug Parmalee.
Evidence limits
This is a later transcription and summary of Charlevoix Sentinel items, not the original newspaper pages or a complete January 1903 chronology.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.”Summarizes the Beaver Island Lumber Company’s incorporation, steamer Beaver trips constrained by ice, mainland schooling by Anna Mooney and Ray McCauley, a final mail trip, and the tug Parmalee’s January mail run. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the January 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The January 2003 Beacon revisits Beaver Island news from January 1903”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-january-1903/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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