Name: Beaver Beacon reports a playful Red Hat Society visit to the Beaver Island jail
Start: 2005-05
End: 2005-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-05
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitytourismcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 2005 Beaver Beacon published a photograph and humorous caption about Pauline Stafford’s “Cherry Red-Hat Ladies,” a Traverse City group that visited Beaver Island in early May and playfully “turned themselves in” at the Beaver Island jail after their visit to the Shamrock.

Evidence limits

The short caption documents the newspaper’s account and tone, but does not provide a complete visitor roster, itinerary, or independently verified explanation of the group’s activities.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Red Hats" in Jail.
Reports that Pauline Stafford's Cherry Red-Hat Ladies visited Beaver Island from Traverse City in early May and jokingly turned themselves in after being entertained at the Shamrock. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the caption and photograph.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports a playful Red Hat Society visit to the Beaver Island jail”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-red-hats-in-jail-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Red Hats" in Jail. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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