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Beaver Island booster sends Nixon Island information, 1971

Also Katherine Burton Beaver Island booster letter · Beaver Island map sent to President Nixon, 1971

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TypeEvent
Date1971-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1971-11
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Beaver Island

Summary

Katherine Burton sent President Nixon a map and information about Beaver Island, then shared the reply with the November 1971 Beaver Beacon. The paper thanked her as a Beaver Island booster.

Evidence and limits

The report documents the correspondence as published but does not preserve the original map, enclosure, or evidence of a presidential visit.

Sources

  1. Reports Katherine Burton sending President Nixon a map and information about Beaver Island after hearing of his invitation to Mackinac and receiving a reply from his staff; it does not preserve the original enclosure or establish a presidential visit.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the correspondence report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island booster sends Nixon Island information, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-booster-nixon-letter-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1971, “Island Booster.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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