Feodor Protar was an actor on steamships that traveled in the Great Lakes in the late 1800s. He fell in love with Beaver Island and settled here in the 1890s. The black sheep of his family of physicians, he drew on that knowledge to help locals with the ailing animals. They often paid him in chickens and crops. When he died, the residents created this monument to him. The tomb is at the start of the Kuebler Trail which cuts across the very back of all the Bonners Landing (where we live) property owners land. The house has been restored to some extent and is maintained by the Beaver Island Historical Society. It's open twice a year to the public.
This is my second entry for Get-Pushed-46 from @hjbenson to create a diptych the conveys a relationship but where the two objects are not together.
For more information: http://www.beaverisland.net/beaver-island-history/Historic_Sites/Protar_s_House/protar_s_house.htm
Brief description from that site:
This simple, small house on Sloptown Road, west of Donnel Mor's Lane, is the place to which Feodor Protar retreated in 1893 and spent the rest of his life. He lived here until his death in 1925, doing his best to help his friends and neighbors as much as he could and following the precepts of Tolstoi. The Tomb his friends built after his death in testament to their "Heaven-sent Friend" is west and north, past the engineer's grave at the end of the drivable portion of the Kuebler Trail.
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Thank you Jeff, Gena, Jan, Annie, Rachel, Barb, and Kim. It's been fun capturing the essence of the island (as best I can). I find I'm looking up stuff that I vaguely remembered about, so I'm learning as well.
Thank you Jeff, Gena, Jan, Annie, Rachel, Barb, and Kim. It's been fun capturing the essence of the island (as best I can). I find I'm looking up stuff that I vaguely remembered about, so I'm learning as well.