Huell travels to the northernmost reaches of our state in search of the mythical “State of Jefferson.” There have been many attempts at forming a new state comprised of northern California and southern Oregon, but none has gained so much attention and retained it as the secession movement of 1941.<\/p>\n
State of Jefferson Proclamation of Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n You are now entering Jefferson, the 49th State of the Union.<\/em><\/p>\n Jefferson is now in patriotic rebellion against the States of California and Oregon.<\/em><\/p>\n This State has seceded from California and Oregon this Thursday, November 27, 1941.<\/em><\/p>\n Patriotic Jeffersonians intend to secede each Thursday until further notice.<\/em><\/p>\n For the next hundred miles as you drive along Highway 99, you are traveling parallel to the greatest copper belt in the far West, seventy-five miles west of here.<\/em><\/p>\n The United States government needs this vital mineral. But gross neglect by California and Oregon deprives us of necessary roads to bring out the copper ore.<\/em><\/p>\n If you don’t believe this, drive down the Klamath River Highway and see for yourself. Take your chains, shovel and dynamite.<\/em><\/p>\n Until California and Oregon build a road into the copper country, Jefferson, as a defense minded state, will be forced to rebel each Thursday and act as a separate State.<\/em><\/p>\n 2007<\/p>\n