- Date
- circa 1921
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagetransportationeconomyhistoriography
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1964 Beaver Beacon’s “Beaver Tales” recounts that Peter Boyle brought a new 1921 Model T Ford to Beaver Island. The story says the car first went through the barn, then later stopped against a tree near the family farm, and that Boyle afterwards drove it around the island.
Evidence and limits
This is a retrospective local-history anecdote. It does not provide a vehicle serial number, purchase record, exact route, or independent 1921 corroboration.
Sources
- Recounts that Peter Boyle acquired a new 1921 Model T, first drove it through his barn and later used a tree as a stopping device before taking it around the island; it is a retrospective story without a vehicle record, purchase document, or independent contemporary account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peter Boyle’s 1921 Model T episode, recounted in 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/peter-boyle-1921-model-t-retrospective-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1964, “Beaver Tales.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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