Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitytourismmaritimeenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1962 Beaver Beacon marked spring with first robins on March 26, returning winter residents, sailors preparing to leave for shipboard work, and the return of seasonal commercial activity.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper community notice, not a complete migration or seasonal- residence census.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Signs of Spring.”Reports first robins on March 26, returning winter residents Bert and Mary McDonough, Katie Connaghan, Maria Gallagher, and Art and Sybil Larsen, and sailor Earl Boyle beginning shipboard duties. It also records spring livestock and sales activity without a complete resident roster.