A proposal made just before the bombing of Pearl Harbour would have carved out the 49st state from southern Oregon and nothern California, to be named Jefferson. It is named in commemoration of Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third president.
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Eric the Red, (c.950-1003), explored and colonized Greenland
Leif Ericsson, (born 970), attempted to coloniz ...