Name: Beaver Island winter departures and returns are reported, January 1961
Start: 1961-01
End: 1961-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-01
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitytourismdemography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1961 issue records several winter departures: Mike and Mabel Cull for Chicago, Donald “Topper” McDonough for LaPere, James and Mabel O’Donnell for Temple, California, and Kate Connaghan for an unstated destination. Don Burke, Bob Malloy, and Earl Boyle were reported back on Beaver Island for the winter.

Evidence and limits

These are community movement notices, not passenger manifests, census records, or property records. The issue supplies no exact travel dates, addresses, itineraries, or complete identity records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Gone to the Mainland” and “Back to Beaver for the Winter.”
Reports Mike and Mabel Cull wintering in Chicago, Donald “Topper” McDonough in LaPere, James and Mabel O’Donnell traveling from Chicago to Temple, California, and Kate Connaghan leaving for the winter; it also says Don Burke, Bob Malloy, and Earl Boyle were back on Beaver Island for the winter. It does not provide travel dates, itineraries, addresses, or complete identity bridges.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter departures and returns are reported, January 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-movements-january-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Gone to the Mainland” and “Back to Beaver for the Winter.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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