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J. R. Childs revisits Beaver Island and recalls 1912 store work, 1960

Also 1960 J. R. Childs Beaver Island visit

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1960-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern eraLumbering era
On this page
Event
Date
circa 1960-10
Kind
Business
Eras
Modern eraLumbering era
Concepts
tourismlumberingheritagecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1960 Beaver Beacon reported that J. R. Childs spent a night at the Strang Hotel and had worked on Beaver Island during the 1912 hay-fever season at the Company Store of the Beaver Island Lumber Company.

Evidence and limits

The notice is a retrospective community account. It does not provide a full civil identity, employment record, hotel register, or independent family record for the Stephens named in the recollection.

Open questions

  • Which Company Store, hotel, or family records document Childs’s 1912 work and visit?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports J. R. Childs spending a night at the Strang Hotel and recalls that he worked on Beaver Island during the 1912 hay-fever season at the Company Store of the Beaver Island Lumber Co. It names Bernard Stephens and his uncles as store operators but does not provide employment, hotel, or family records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “J. R. Childs revisits Beaver Island and recalls 1912 store work, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/j-r-childs-strang-hotel-visit-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1960, visitor and lumber-company recollection. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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