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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." --Thomas Paine

"Rural populations and small towns in the United States have not only been ignored by the Congress but have been the victims of legislation" --Bob Jones, Pres. of the Bd. of Dir.,  Paragon Foundation, Inc. Dedicated to preserving Rural America

The State of Jefferson - The unique identity of the mountain border region of northern California and southern Oregon, its lands and its peoples.

Providing educational, historical, political, geographical, economic and social aspects of a grand plan to form a new state from portions of southern Oregon and northern California.

We have community links and a blog. 

The 'Jefferson' barn along Interstate-5 south of Yreka was painted by Committee Member Brian Helsaple and his nephew Ross in 1998.

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Members of the Jefferson Citizen's Committee during the patriotic rebellion of 1941. They were drawing attention to the region's badly needed roads and bridges for the purpose of utilizing strategic mineral and timber resources for the impending war effort.

 

The Committee chose Yreka as the interim state capital.

Two X's painted on the bottom of a gold pan during the patriotic rebellion served as the State Seal. The two X's symbolized the peoples being double crossed by Salem and Sacramento, the disrespectful capitals of Oregon and California.

Stanton Delaplane of the San Francisco Chronicle won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for his series of articles on the Jefferson movement of 1941.

Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese on December 7th and the United States was in the midst of World War II bringing an end to the 1941 uprising.

The individuals involved pledged their allegiance to the United States and served our country to win the war.

'Moodonna' - Often called the 'Jefferson Cow'
Created by Ralph Starritt

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Thomas Jefferson
The state of Jefferson was named for Thomas Jefferson in 1941.

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them, will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -- Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson Citizen's Committee

State of Jefferson Counties:
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