That night, when the mother-in-law fell asleep, the couple, who felt their privacy was being invaded, went back to Money Island and took both boats with them, leaving her stranded there for three days before she was rescued.
Johnson was a friend of Richard Nixon, and, as a favor to his friend, Nixon got an Act of Congress passed renaming the island Johnson Island on all U.S. nautical maps.
Boaters would circle the island in the evening and listen to his classical music.
And supposedly, he said that he wanted to be cremated and his remains were to be laid to rest in the pothole on Commander Rocks.
He finally stopped summering on Johnson or Mother-in Law Island when he was 75 years old and it was put up for sale shortly thereafter.