Mackinac Bridge

Historical marker location:

Mackinaw City, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from North Huron Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1958

Courageous Members of Organized Labor.

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.