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New Beaver Island property ownership notices, 1960

Also Boyles Beach and King Strang Hotel property notices

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Date1960-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1960-06
Kind
Property transfer
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1960 Beaver Beacon reported Robert J. Snow’s purchase of two lots at Boyles Beach in Sand Bay and additional lots with his brother. It also reported Olen and Vera Wanty’s purchase of the Ella Sommerville home while identifying them as King Strang Hotel owners.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper property notices, not deeds, title records, or complete ownership histories.

Open questions

  • Which deeds and parcel maps identify the lots, owners, and hotel property?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports University of Notre Dame music professor Robert J. Snow purchasing two Sand Bay lots at Boyles Beach and, with his brother, several more lots; it also says Olen and Vera Wanty, owners of the King Strang Hotel, purchased the Ella Sommerville home. The notice does not provide deeds, parcel boundaries, or a full identity for Snow’s brother.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-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 · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “New Beaver Island property ownership notices, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/june-1960-property-ownership-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “New Property Owners.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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