Upper Peninsula
Proper noun
Meaning
Upper Peninsula
The northern of the two peninsulas that make up the US state of Michigan.
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A constitutional convention of the state legislature refused a compromise to accept the full Upper Peninsula in exchange for ceding the Toledo Strip to Ohio.
MARINETTE — The body of an elderly Marinette County man who went missing more than six weeks ago has been found in a north central county in the Upper Peninsula.
According to Marine Corps League Upper Peninsula Detachment 444 Senior Vice Commandant Mike King, who coordinates Toys for Tots in Delta and Menominee counties, this year’s campaign had mixed results.
In 1997, the Wisconsin Central also purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad the former Chicago and North Western Railway line running into the Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin.
It was incorporated as a city in 1871. citation St. Peter Cathedral During the 1850s, Marquette was linked by rail to numerous mines and became the leading shipping center of the Upper Peninsula.
In exchange for this concession, Michigan would be granted the western three-quarters of what is now known as the Upper Peninsula (the easternmost portion had already been included in the state boundaries).