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Neil Gallagher’s Alaska and Seattle visit notice, 1964

Also 1964 Neil Gallagher New-Z note

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Locator map: Seattle, Washington highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Seattle, WashingtonLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Datecirca 1964-03
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Seattle, Washington highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Seattle, WashingtonLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1964-03
Kind
Migration
Where
Seattle, Washington
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationcommunitydemography

Summary

The March 1964 Beaver Beacon sent greetings from Neil Gallagher to his old Beaver Island friends. It reported that he had been in Alaska since April 1910, was visiting family in Seattle, and had lived in Lemisure Island, Alaska.

Evidence and limits

This is a community notice about a named person’s reported residence and visit. It does not establish a complete biography, civil identity, exact dates, or the reported property ownership.

Sources

  1. Reports Neil Gallagher had been in Alaska since April 1910, was visiting his sister Rose Malloy and daughter Mrs. Dan Kraemer in Seattle, and had lived in Lemisure Island, Alaska, which the notice says his son Captain Don Gallagher owned; it does not supply civil records, exact dates, or independent property evidence.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-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 · 1964-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Neil Gallagher’s Alaska and Seattle visit notice, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/neil-gallagher-alaska-and-seattle-visit-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1964, “New-Z Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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