- Date
- 1903-10-21
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historylumberingtransportationpublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 2003 Beaver Beacon reprinted Rosa Nettleton’s account of an October 21, 1903 Beaver Island outing, including the Beaver Island Lumber Company railroad under construction through former Mormon fields and the author’s reflections on modernization.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper reprint of a historical text, not a newly observed 1903 account or independent railroad survey.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago”.Reprints Rosa Nettleton’s “An Island Outing,” describing hunting and travel, the Beaver Island Lumber Company railroad, locomotive and track construction, and tensions between tourism, nature, and modernization. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the October 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The October 1903 Charlevoix history reprint describes Beaver Island’s railroad transformation”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-october-1903/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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