Customhouse

Historical marker location:

526 Water Street, Port Huron, Michigan

( Marker is on Water Street west of Military Street (Business Interstate 69/94), on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1988

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.