On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:20:30 -0600, joe andress <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>While at K I Sawyer AFB, 74-77, there was discussion of Northern Michigan
>becoming a seperate state. They though it was a SUPERIOR idea.

I remember that - I come from Northwestern Wisconsin, and as I recall it was
Upper Penninsula Michigan and the Northern Wisconsin wanted to combine and
form a new state.  I think that they actually wanted to call the state
"Superior".

In the pre-cable days, the only television we could get in were Minnesota
stations.  Couldn't even get in the Packer games unless they were playing
the Vikings.  If you didn't know that there was a state border, you would
have thought you lived in Minnesota.  All the major daily and Sunday papers
were from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  In our area you could not buy a
Milwaukee or Madison paper off the shelf anywhere.  You would have to
subscribe.  So you could not just pick up a paper to read the latest issues
of the state.  We felt pretty distanced from the capitol.

I think at the time, the Upper Penninsula was feeling the same type of
distance from the Lower Penn.

My memory on this issue is quite vague, and I was only 13-14 at the time.
If anybody else recalls more of this or has some web links, I would love to
find out more of the reasonings behind it.

Thanks!

Evan Vaala

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