- Date
- 1906-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historyheritagemaritimetransportationfishingcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2006 Beaver Beacon’s “One Hundred Years Ago” column reprinted May 1906 Charlevoix Sentinel and Beaver Island items. The selection covers ferry and schooner arrivals, lumber and shingle production, fish and horse trade, religious visits, hotels and businesses, weather, and a new regulation-size bowling alley, with additional notes from F. Protar’s diary.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper retrospective and transcription, not the original 1906 issues, diary pages, shipping logs, business records, or independent verification of every quoted item.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "One Hundred Years Ago."Reprints May 1906 reports on ferry and schooner arrivals, lumber and shingle production, fish and horse trade, religious visits, hotels, weather, businesses, and a new bowling alley, supplemented by F. Protar diary notes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical retrospective.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon recalls Beaver Island news from May 1906, 2006 retrospective”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-may-1906/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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