- Date
- 1988-08-21
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familymigrationeconomycommercecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Butler family announced a planned move from Beaver Island to Wheatland, Wyoming, during the week of August 21, 1988. Darrell and Chris Butler had bought Rumsey Transfer and Storage; the notice also described arrangements for their island homes and storage buildings.
Evidence limits
The Beacon presents the move as imminent and gives the family’s new business address, but it is not a later residence or property record.
Sources
- Reports Darrell and Chris Butler, their son Doug, Darrell Jr. and Nancy, and Dillon planned to leave the island the week of August 21 for Wheatland, Wyoming, after buying Rumsey Transfer and Storage; Gus Schmidt would manage their island property. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the family notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Darrell Butler family announces move from Beaver Island to Wheatland, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-butler-family-move-wheatland-1988/, accessed [date], citing Darrell Butler family move notice, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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