- Dates
- 1904-01-07 – 1904-01-21
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Lumbering era
- Concepts
- historyshippingseasonal-lifelumberingfishingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 2004 “One Hundred Years Ago” column reproduces January 1904 notices about the suspension of Beaver Island navigation, mail carried over ice, dock and sawmill work, fishing, local deaths, a proposed Peaine school district, and the winter postal road to Cross Village.
Evidence limits
This entry summarizes selected later transcriptions and is not a substitute for the original 1904 Charlevoix Sentinel issues.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “One Hundred Years Ago”.Reproduces January 1904 Charlevoix Sentinel and Beaver Island notices about navigation, ice mail, dock and mill work, fishing, deaths, schools, and winter roads. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the January 2004 historical column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “January 1904 notices record frozen navigation, mail, mills, and Island life”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-january-1904/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “One Hundred Years Ago”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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