Fox Islands corpus record: charlevoixcourie1979unse (undated source)

Summary

This source-body record preserves one locally grounded Fox Islands mention. It is an evidence node, not an event claim: generic references remain generic unless a separate curated activity article names a source-specific activity.

Indexed context

remained an abandoned* SWftment after the hasty departure of the fishermen (BaUle of Pine River) until the spring of IBM. .when George Preston and family from Beaver Island arrived and took possession of ojitftf.lhe,hou5e5 yn the north snii nf the river and at once ^ about clearing land and making arrangements for a permanent home. Soon after, Caleb Cole and family arrived from the South Fox Islands and naturally took possession of another of the vacant houses. This was the i^:;:iirnenccmenl of the Mormon settlement at this point. In the fall, Medad Thompson arrived, and in the spring of ]fl55 were jtoni-d ti\ Alward. who also added to the Mormon population. In 1855, John Dixon and family, accompanied by Wolcott and May. arrived here from Old Mission in the schooner “Emeline”.

Scope and limits

The audit classified this body as local because it uses a directional Fox name or a Michigan/Beaver cue. Exact-body deduplication suppresses only byte-identical mirrors; alternate OCR editions may remain separate. Check the cited source before making a historical claim.

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago
• South Fox Island