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Jefferson Statehood Project

The people of the counties of southern Oregon and northern California joining to form a new state named Jefferson, citing inadequate representation in the respective state capitals.

Thomas Jefferson - Fiscal and judiciary reform

Jefferson Economic Forum

The latter half of 1941 brought the most colorful publicity on the topic of a western state split and merge. The folks back then were justifiably angry over tax money being spent to expand campgrounds in southern California instead of the betterment of roads and bridges in this region that would give more access to timber and mineral resources that were advancing in demand.

Today's issues involve too much power being wielded by the government in regards to planning and regulation of public and private lands, including the resources.

These regulations are targeting historically viable industries, such as, logging, mining, ranching and others which depend on the utilization of natural resources.

Brandon Criss - Candidate for Siskiyou County Supervisor District 1

Doug LaMalfa - Candidate for California Crongressional Seat District 1

Give us Our Lands Back

2nd Vermont Republic

CA Budget Deficit Swells to $16Billion

California budget crisis continues to grow

Yreka- “the richest square mile on earth.”

Miners challenge CA ban on dredging

In Klamath River Clash, Dam Extremists Endanger Human Inhabitants

Jefferson State Hemp Expo

...stickers...

If I wanted America to fail...

Jefferson Photo Sharing

Article IV, Section. 3 - U.S. Constitution
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

The most notable time in the history of Jefferson was in 1941, when Gilbert Gable, the first mayor of Port Orford, Oregon met with a group of civic leaders in northern California proposing to secede his county (Curry) from Oregon to join with the northern counties of California to form their own state.

The first map drawn in 1941...

Not just a state of mind,...

A Jefferson State of Mind...

License Plate Frames

State of Jefferson Podcast

Pie N Politics

Jefferson Mining District

Jefferson Patriot Neighborhood

Jefferson Citizen's Committee

The original Jefferson Citizen's Committee chose Yreka as the interim state capital.

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

Two X's painted on the bottom of a gold pan during the patriotic rebellion of 1941 served as the State Seal.

The two X's symbolize the people being double-crossed by Salem and Sacramento, the capitals of Oregon and California.

The Jefferson Citizen's Committee held a patriotic rebellion to petition for good roads to be built to utilize valuable timber and mineral resources to aid the country in military defense.

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.

Double-Crossed

Brown bans open carrying of handguns

California bans recreational suction dredging for gold

Groups file new suction dredge lawsuit

Gold Stolen from Siskyou County Courthouse

Radical Proposals:

Siskiyou Crest Monument

Bandon Marsh Expansion

Klamath Dams Removal

Suction Dredge Ban

Introduction of wolves

Klamath Basin Crisis

10th Amendment - U.S. Constitution
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Tenth Amendment Center

Panel Discussion on subdividing California 11-1-11

Downsize California

Downsize California - Facebook

Jefferson Patriot Neighborhood

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

Repainted by the Yreka Greenhorn Grange in 2009.

Adopt a Jefferson Barn

How war kept California united...

Jefferson Patriot

Thomas Jefferson
In 1941, Jefferson the state was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

What would Jefferson do?

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