Name: 1961 Beaver Beacon prints an unverified claim that General Custer stopped at Beaver Island
Start: 1961-03
End: 1961-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-03
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagehistoriography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1961 Beaver Beacon printed a claim that General Custer’s ship stopped at Beaver Island to refuel before a later tour of duty. It is preserved here as an unverified newspaper attestation.

Evidence and limits

The issue provides no date, vessel name, source citation, or corroborating record. This article does not assert that the stop occurred.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1961, “Would You Be Surprised to Know That.”
Prints the claim that General Custer’s ship stopped at Beaver Island to refuel on the way to the tour of duty associated with the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The issue supplies no date, vessel name, archival citation, or corroboration; the claim is preserved as an attestation, not established fact.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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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Beaver Island Archive, “1961 Beaver Beacon prints an unverified claim that General Custer stopped at Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/general-custer-beaver-island-refueling-claim-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1961, “Would You Be Surprised to Know That.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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