Every Thursday I Go Jeffersonian On You [The Quantum Pontiff]

Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self. Posted on: July 25, 2008 12:41 PM, by Dave Bacon Yesterday the New York Times, ran an article Absaroka, a proposed state between Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota which never was. Which reminded me of the state that I grew up in, the great state of Jefferson. What, you've never head of the great State of Jefferson? The state of Jefferson was proposed in October of 1941 as a new state along the Oregon/California border, encompassing Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties. In short, the residents of this area where not to happy with the neglect they felt they were receiving from their respective state legislatures. Particularly the fact that their roads were pretty damn horrible and this was seen to be hindering copper mining in the area. In... [read full story]