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unusual facts about Upper Peninsula



Chester Marcol

Marcol is a resident of the Upper Peninsula community of Dollar Bay, Michigan.

Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr.

In September 1959, Kincheloe Air Force Base in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was renamed in his honor; the base closed in September 1977.

Massie Trial

In his afterword to Damned in Paradise, Collins suggested that Robert Traver's 1958 novel, Anatomy of a Murder, was loosely inspired by the Massie case, involving, as it does, a military officer who murders the alleged rapist of his wife and the subsequent trial arising from that murder, with the setting changed from Honolulu to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the Naval officer changed to an Army officer.

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996

In typical form for the State, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan turned out mainly Democratic, and the Lower Peninsula turned out divided, but more Republican - with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populated Wayne County, which voted overwhelmingly Democratic.

Wayne Larrivee

He also does a daily sports commentary segment called The Back Page, which originates from Packers flagship WTMJ-AM (620) in Milwaukee, and is syndicated to stations throughout Wisconsin and Northern Illinois and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.


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Don Koivisto

In 1990, Koivisto was elected a Michigan State Senator from the 38th district, succeeding Joe Mack who had represented much of the Upper Peninsula since 1960.

Duck Lake fire

On May 25, 2012, Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of disaster in Luce and Schoolcraft counties, which included a ban of fireworks and an outdoor burning ban in 49 counties, including all counties located in the Upper Peninsula and much of the northern half of the Lower Peninsula as a result of abnormally dry conditions.

Huron River

Little Huron River in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan that empties into Lake Superior

Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the high school football game played between Sault Ste. Marie and Newberry.

Mining Journal

The Mining Journal, the predominant daily newspaper of Marquette, Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Peninsula Railroad

Peninsula Railroad of Michigan, a predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Yooper

Da Yoopers: A comedy–musical group from the area of the Upper Peninsula

Yooper dialect: The dialect of English speech used by the inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula