- Date
- 1989-06
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familymigrationhousingheritagecommunitypublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1989 Beaver Beacon profiled Phyllis Townsend, who acquired Beaver Island land in the 1960s without initially knowing where the island was, visited in 1969, and moved from Okemos in 1972. Her home had earlier served as a gas station, residence, and rental for Episcopal priests.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile and oral-history-style account; it does not establish the property’s complete chain of title or exact construction date.
Sources
- Recounts Townsend's purchase of an island lot in the 1960s without first knowing Beaver Island, her 1969 visit, 1972 move from Okemos, and renovation of a house with earlier gas-station, residential, and Episcopal rental uses. 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 · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the retirement profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Phyllis Townsend's Beaver Island retirement and historic home are profiled, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-phyllis-townsend-retirement-profile-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Retirees on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, June 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “Phyllis Townsend's Beaver Island retirement and historic home are profiled, 1989”RIS for “Phyllis Townsend's Beaver Island retirement and historic home are profiled, 1989”