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Northern Michigan (also known as Northern Lower Michigan and colloquially within Michigan as "Up North") is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan.The region, which is distinct from the more northerly Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale, which are also located in the north of the state, is bounded to the west by Lake Michigan, and to the east by Lake Huron.
Traverse City is the largest city in Northern Michigan. Traverse City is at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a 32-mile-long (51 km) bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the 18-mile-long (29 km) Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City.
The Traverse City State Hospital, also known at various points as the Northern Michigan Asylum and the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital, is a decommissioned psychiatric hospital in Traverse City, Michigan. Established in 1881 by James Decker Munson and Perry Hannah, the hospital was in operation from 1885 to 1989.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
While kids prepare to go house to house, the different areas in northern Michigan set their own trick-or-treating hours.
For a century, it was known as the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, the state's largest mental institution. According to The New York Times , it once housed as many as 3,000 patients.
James T. Milliken (1882–1952), mayor of Traverse City and member of the Michigan Senate; James W. Milliken (1848–1908), member of the Michigan Senate; William Milliken (1922–2019), 44th and longest-serving Governor of Michigan [15] Howard Walker (born 1954), member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate
1,476 sq mi (3,823 km 2) Grand Traverse County: 055: Traverse City: 1840 (boundaries declared) 1851 (organized) From part of Mackinac County; named Omeena County until 1851. French grande traverse [note 1] ("long crossing"), given first to Grand Traverse Bay by French voyageurs. 96,421: 601 sq mi (1,557 km 2) Gratiot County: 057: Ithaca: 1831 ...