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Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries

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Summary

Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries is identified in October 1961 as a St. James fishery operated by owners Charles and Dick Martin.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-qualified business record, not an incorporation or complete commercial history.

Sources

  1. Names Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries as a St. James fishery setting whitefish nets and identifies Charles and Dick Martin as its owners. The notice does not establish incorporation, founding, ownership history, or a complete business identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The newspaper calls Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries a St. James fishery but gives no dock or parcel address. This record uses the mapped Saint James place point as an operating-setting locator, not the fishery’s exact site.
    federal · gnis · gnis_names

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/hyde-and-doolittle-fisheries-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1961, “Whitefish Return.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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