Editing Upper Peninsula of Michigan (section)

===Proposed statehood===
{{Main|Superior (proposed U.S. state)}}
Due to the geographic separation and perceived cultural and political differences from the Lower Peninsula, at various times there have been proposals for the Upper Peninsula to [[Secession|secede]] from Michigan as a [[51st state]] named ''Superior'', sometimes including portions of northern Wisconsin and/or the northern [[Lower Peninsula]]. Several prominent legislators, including the region's long-serving state representative [[Dominic Jacobetti]], attempted unsuccessfully to gain passage of such a bill in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmu.edu/archives/collections/political/jacobetti.htm |title=The Dominic J. Jacobetti Collection |access-date=November 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907152648/http://www.nmu.edu/archives/collections/political/jacobetti.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2006 }}</ref> It would be the least populous state in the union, and as stronger connections to the rest of Michigan have developed since completion of the [[Mackinac Bridge]] in the 1950s, the proposal has remained largely dormant since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=John |last2=Jamieson |first2=Bob |name-list-style=amp |url=http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=484742 |title=Headline: 51st State |work=NBC Evening News |date=August 8, 1975 |access-date=November 6, 2006 |archive-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727221524/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=484742 |url-status=live }}</ref>