Thomas Drug Store

Historical marker location:

2948 Biddle Avenue, Wyandotte, Michigan

( Marker is on Biddle Avenue near Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Wyandotte, Michigan. The Museum in the Streets.

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.