- Concepts
- heritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
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
and for those two Mor- mon families to come back to the island. In some way the Mormons had found out the men were with the Gentiles. The men sent back word that they would never go back. Soon another message came saying a boat with force enough would be sent to bring them to the island. As soon as navigation opened Strang extended his territory by sending several families to South Fox Island and several more to Grand Traverse, where they settled near the pretty little harbor, which they named “Bower’s Harbor” in honor of the man who had charge of the little settlement, where a beautiful resort is now situated at the har- bor, which is called “Neahtawanta” (peaceful wa- 148 A CHILD OF THE SEA; AND ters.) Those who settled there were Mormons only in name, as they we
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
Sources
- childofsealifeam00will, indexed by the Fox Islands corpus audit.Content SHA-256 f5d98e0a812e528b71d240f5c8599753bdd901d3dae88863703e832dd0541bdc; source family internet_archive_books; matched phrase 'South \nFox Island'; local cues directional_name:south. The excerpt is a discovery aid, not a complete transcription.