Governor Kim Sigler

Historical marker location:

220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan

( Marker is on West State Street just west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1987

The first known use of the word "Yooper" to refer to someone from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was in the 1970s. The term has since become a popular nickname for residents of the UP.