Stanley Floyd purchases the Bill Green farm, 1964

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Event

Date: circa 1964-06
Kind: Property transfer
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: economycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1964 Beaver Beacon reported that Stanley Floyd purchased the Bill Green farm on Beaver Island. The brief note added a humorous “Mighty Gopher Hunter” line about Floyd.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-bounded property-transfer report. It does not provide a deed, parcel description, sale price, closing date, or later land-use record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1964, “Notes.”
Reports that Stanley Floyd purchased the Bill Green farm and adds a humorous gopher-hunting nickname; it does not provide a deed, parcel description, price, closing date, or agricultural-use record.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Stanley Floyd purchases the Bill Green farm, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/stanley-floyd-bill-green-farm-purchase-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1964, “Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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