Beaver Island History - Helen Collar Papers
Livestock
Horses
The 1st team on the Island was brought from Elk Rapids by Hugh & Denny Boyle.
Pat Bonner says the first horses were small, really ponies, but tough. There were oxen before there were horses.
Hardwick brought horses from Green Bay.
Oxen
The 1st team brought by Philip (Big Phil) Gallagher; they came from Wisconsin. The 2nd team was brought a year later by Dan Boyle.
Cattle grazed on unfenced woods & clearings & sold to mainland -
Estimates:
1913 - 1300
1947 - 350