Name: Charlevoix County 4-H children travel on the Emerald Isle, 1960
Start: 1960-07-07
End: 1960-07-07
Location: Saint James Harbor

Charlevoix County 4-H children travel on the Emerald Isle, 1960

Also July 1960 4-H Emerald Isle trip

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Date1960-07-07

WithinSaint James Harbor

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1960-07-07
Kind: Education
Where: Saint James Harbor
Carried out by: Emerald Isle
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunitymaritimetourism
Within: Saint James Harbor

Summary

Ninety Charlevoix County 4-H children made a round trip on the Emerald Isle on July 7, 1960.

Evidence and limits

The local notice does not provide a passenger list, leaders, route, or formal 4-H trip record.

Open questions

Which 4-H and ferry records document the excursion and passenger group?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1960, 4-H excursion notice.
Reports 90 Charlevoix County 4-H children making a round trip on the Emerald Isle on July 7. It does not identify the group leaders, route details, or program.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held three-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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Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Charlevoix County 4-H children travel on the Emerald Isle, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/charlevoix-county-4h-emerald-isle-trip-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1960, 4-H excursion notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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