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Northern Michigan Skipper publishes an Emerald Isle article about Beaver Island, 1957

Also 1957 Northern Michigan Skipper Beaver Island article

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TypeEvent
Dates1957-05 – 1957-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1957-05 – 1957-06
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1957 Beaver Beacon reported that Ted McCutcheon’s Northern Michigan Skipper, edited at Walloon Lake, carried a favorable May article about Beaver Island titled “The Emerald Isle.”

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper report of an outside publication. The cited notice does not provide the Skipper issue, author, page, circulation, or the article’s full contents.

Sources

  1. Reports that the Northern Michigan Skipper, edited by Ted McCutcheon of Walloon Lake, carried a favorable May article about Beaver Island titled “The Emerald Isle.” The cited Beacon notice does not provide a copy of the Skipper, its page, author, circulation, or independent verification of the article’s contents. 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 · 1957-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported outside publication; it does not expand the publication or tourism record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Northern Michigan Skipper publishes an Emerald Isle article about Beaver Island, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-northern-michigan-skipper-emerald-isle-article-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1957, “THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN SKIPPER.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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