The selection angered many people in the Upper Peninsula because Tompkins was from the Lower Peninsula .
Governor Cyrus G. Luce appointed Orison C. Tompkins as the first warden .
The selection angered many people in the Upper Peninsula because Orison C. Tompkins was from the Lower Peninsula .
Governor Cyrus G. Luce appointed Orison C. Tompkins as the first warden .