A tea party-inspired effort to create the state of Jefferson is gaining steam in Northern California and Southern Oregon.
A tea party-inspired effort to create the state of Jefferson is gaining steam in Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Growing discontent over California regulations prompted the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors in a 4-to-1 vote last week to support the secessionist movement.
Southern Oregon and Northern California have long been known somewhat whimsically as the state of Jefferson, a reference to a movement in 1941 that gained steam until the start of World War II. Since then, the state of Jefferson has been mostly a state of mind.
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