- Date
- circa 1950
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- historyheritagecommunityliterature
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2006 Beaver Beacon published Cloyd Ramsey’s poem “When the Governor came to Town,” described as based on a real event. The reminiscence places a governor’s visit at about 1950 and recalls a dinner, speech, and dance connected with Beaver Island’s deer-management success.
Evidence limits
This is a literary reminiscence, not an official gubernatorial itinerary or contemporaneous event record. The article gives only an approximate date and does not independently identify the governor.
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "When the Governor came to Town."Publishes Cloyd Ramsey's poem, explicitly based on a real event, describing a circa-1950 governor's island visit, dinner, speech, and dance during deer season. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the reminiscence and its stated approximate date.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Cloyd Ramsey recalls a circa-1950 governor's visit to Beaver Island, published 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-governor-soapy-williams-reminiscence-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "When the Governor came to Town." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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