Historical Marker
Mount Clemens Pottery
Historical marker location:
40 North Main Street, Mount Clemens, Michigan
( Marker is on North Main Street south of New Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1994
Michigan Legal Milestone.
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.