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Erin Motel announces year-round operation, 1966

Also Perry and Henrietta Crawford become year-round Beaver Island residents

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1966-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1966-08
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercemigrationtourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1966 Beaver Beacon reported that Perry and Henrietta Crawford moved from Rochester to Beaver Island and planned to keep the Erin Motel open year-round.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper business and residency notice. It does not provide a business license, ownership record, or operating calendar.

Sources

  1. Reports Perry and Henrietta Crawford moving from Rochester to Beaver Island and announcing that the Erin Motel would operate year-round; it does not provide a business license, ownership record, or operating calendar.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published business notice; it does not expand the source-specific residency or operating claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Erin Motel announces year-round operation, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-erin-motel-open-all-year-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1966, “Open All Year 'Round.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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