- Date
- 1955-09-22
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographymormonismModern era
- Within
- Holy Island
Summary
“Holy Island treasures mystery after 100 years,” published in the East Jordan News-Herald on September 22, 1955, is a retrospective account of the Holy Island treasure tradition. It retells I. B. McLean’s earlier promotional version, reports searches said to have occurred in 1900 and spring 1912, and describes a small stone vault reportedly found during the later search.
Evidentiary character
The article was published decades after the reported searches and after the 1856 Strang era. It records a 1955 retelling, not a contemporary record of the 1900 or 1912 activity. The article reports no treasure in the vault and ends by identifying McLean as a successful real-estate salesman—important context for reading the legend as resort-era promotion and local memory.
It does not verify a Strang cache, a government-vessel episode, the alleged searchers’ actions, the vault’s date or purpose, an Indigenous tradition, or the archaeological identity of any ruins.
See also
Sources
- Held text transcription of the 1955 issue. It establishes what the article reported about an earlier promotional booklet, reported 1900 and 1912 searches, and a stone vault; it does not establish that the searches, vault, treasure, or attributed tradition occurred as described.research · strang_treasure · east_jordan_news-herald_1955-09-22
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Beaver Island Archive, ““Holy Island treasures mystery after 100 years”, 1955”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/holy-island-treasures-mystery-1955/, accessed [date], citing “Holy Island treasures mystery after 100 years,” *East Jordan News-Herald*, September 22, 1955, p. 2..
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