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Gear for the 51st State of Mind.
Not California. Not Oregon. Jefferson. We make gear for the people who live where the Klamath runs, the Siskiyous divide the sky, and the double-cross on the flag means exactly what it always meant.
A hat, a shirt, and the double-cross flag. Made to order.
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Find out where you stand.
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Translate →In 1941, a campaign for a State of Jefferson drew national attention to the Oregon-California border country. Its supporters wanted roads and investment. Pearl Harbor brought the campaign to a halt.
The proposed state never joined the Union. Its name stayed with the region.
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The XX on the Jefferson flag stands for the double-cross — the literal score Jefferson kept against Sacramento and Salem for decades of being ignored. Bad roads. Unworkable mining regulations. Agricultural markets nobody in the capital cared to help reach.
The 1941 declaration called it plainly: "We have been double-crossed by the State of California and the State of Oregon."
We're not trying to start anything. We're just here to make gear for the people who already know what it means. Read the history →
