In Crook County, Oregon, ranches lie scattered across the high desert. Many locals drive large pickups, and some still ride horses. It is rare to find what many Americans consider the “typical Oregonian” – the Millennial leftist driving a small car, demanding others “coexist.”
This kind of difference led Crook County to pass a measure in May to “represent that its citizens support efforts to move the Idaho state border to include Crook County.”
The Crook County commissioners sent a letter to state legislators Aug. 7, reportedly requesting “legislative action” and asking them to advance talks with Idaho about the issue.
“[O]ur citizens encourage continued discussions with our Idahoan neighbors regarding the possibility of a westward relocation of the Oregon-Idaho border,” the commissioners wrote, “potentially resulting in all or a portion of the territory of Crook County, Oregon becoming a part of the State of Idaho.”
The commissioners addressed the letter to Eastern Oregon Republicans state Sen. Lynn Findley and state Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson. Last year, Iverson met with leaders of the Greater Idaho movement and Idaho legislators about the issue.
The Greater Idaho movement — which, according to the group’s website began “putting votes to counties in 2020” to help conservative Eastern Oregon join Idaho — approached Crook County early in 2020, according to the letter.
“The County has watched what began as a small initiative petition grow into a burgeoning grassroots movement with support across much of the State,” the commissioners wrote in the letter.
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