Beaver Island

settlement #482339

created 2015-08-17 by daniel m. kelty

official name: Beaver Island?

assertion #3732185 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 0%.

is a(n): village?

assertion #3732188 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 0%.

started: 1849

interviews with Bill Shephard of the Strangite church

assertion #3732184 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 100%.

ended: 5 Jul 1856

interviews with Bill Shephard of the Strangite church

assertion #3746184 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-12: confidence 100%.

description: In 1848 James Strang began investigating the island for removal of the members from Voree. Their intent was to found a kingdom in the islands of Lake Michigan. Strang claimed to be the legitimate head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he founded a colony with 2,500 followers on Beaver Island, at the head of Lake Michigan. (Burgess, Charles O.). On July 5th bands of armed gunmen, mostly from Mackinac Island, herded virtually all the Mormons on Beaver Island onto waiting steamers (490 in one vessel and 300 in another vessel) bound for Chicago. In the span of a day or so, approximately 2,600 Mormon men, women and children were uprooted from the Beaver Island area (Green Bay and the Mormons of Beaver Island)?

assertion #3732186 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-12: confidence 0%.

religion: Strang

assertion #3732187 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 100%.

located at: Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States

assertion #3714339 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 100%.

location: 45°44'53"N, 85°31'7"W

assertion #3720357 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 0%.