Has anyone ever heard how we got the UP?
During the early 1800s there was a conflict between Michigan and Ohio (and I don’t mean a football rivalry). At the time Ohio had already been admitted into the union while Michigan was still a territory.
The dispute during the Toledo War (also known as the Ohio-Michigan War) began with different interpretations of the geographic boundaries and features between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory. Both governments were claiming sovereignty over a 468 square mile region, which became known as the Toledo Strip.
https://yoopersteez.com/post/why-the-upper-peninsula-is-not-part-of-wisconsin
To this day the people of Ohio hate us.