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The Original State of Jefferson |
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In 1941 the mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, declared before
the Curry County court that the four southern Oregon border counties
(Klamath, Josephine, Jackson, and Curry) and the three northern
California border counties (Modoc, Siskiyou, and Del Norte) were
seceding from their respective states and forming the 49th state --
Jefferson. In the 1960s and '70s, separatist sentiment continued in the form of locally published books and journals that promoted the region's distinct identity and livability. Then in the 1980s and '90s, the secessionist tradition settled into the cultural sphere and began to be expressed as a theme of identity, rather than as a traditional political movement. Businesses began naming themselves Jefferson this and Jefferson that, and currently the State of Jefferson is in cyberspace. |