Vintage shots from days gone by!

THE GLADIATOR

 

In October 1941, the mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, said that the Oregon counties of Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath should join with the California counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc to form a new state, later named Jefferson.[6] He was motivated by the belief that these heavily rural areas were underrepresented in state government, which tended to cater to more populous areas.[7]

On November 27, 1941, a group of young men gained national media attention when, brandishing hunting rifles for dramatic effect, they stopped traffic on U.S. Route 99 south of Yreka, the county seat of Siskiyou County, and handed out copies of a Proclamation of Independence, stating that the state of Jefferson was in "patriotic rebellion against the States of California and Oregon" and would continue to "secede every Thursday until further notice."[8]

The state split movement ended quickly, though not before Del Norte County District Attorney John Leon Childs (1863-1953) of Crescent City was inaugurated as the governor of the State of Jefferson on December 4, 1941.[9] The first blow was the death of Mayor Gable on December 2, followed by the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Those in favor of splitting the state focused their efforts on the war effort, which crippled the movement. Coincidentally, the "state of Jefferson" was one of the few places in the continental USA to be the subject of an attack during World War II, when Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs on the Oregon Coast near Brookings on September 9, 1942.[10] San Francisco Chronicle journalist Stanton Delaplane won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting for his articles on the State of Jefferson.[11][12]

In 1992, State Assemblyman Stan Statham placed an advisory vote[13] in 31 counties asking if the state should be split into two. All of the proposed Jefferson counties voted in favor of the split[14] (except Humboldt County which did not have the issue on the ballot.) Based on these results, Statham introduced legislation in California[15] in an attempt to split the state, but the bill died in committee.

 

1956

June 1999
2016
Hello,

In 1999, we were into antiques: furniture, dishes, and even cars. We had to go to the Portland, Oregon antique show because we were told it was the biggest one on the West Coast of the USA. After a long trip to the Pacific Northwest in 1999 to see a huge antique show in Portland and see the Grand Prix Champ Car World Series Race. We could not pass up a two for one vacation...

Little did we know that 75 miles north and 100 miles south, every motel, hotel and resort was booked up for months…duh. We thought that across the Columbia River, we could find plenty of places to stay… we tried desperately to find a place. But, as the morning turned into the afternoon, we started back south, stopping at every freeway intersection with motels to find a place for the night.

Jnaki

We ended up about 290 miles south in Ashland, Oregon. Wow, what a search, but a nice place to stay. From there, we winged it to Reno, Nevada using the 395 as the main route to So Cal. Back then, we had never been to Reno. We met some people and they told us to come back for the Hot August Nights annual car show event.
1986

 

Thanks to Steffen for the link to this one. Cutaway drawing are great, how about a real 'Fuelie 'Vette?
*Edit* - if these are too new I'll pull them.

 

Appears to be Northern California. Which is always trying to break off from Southern California. Never works. The border patrol is not legal. I think they were doing much the same thing in Oregon and Idaho recently. It's kind of fun till somebody gets shot.