lines of Washington to create two new states with one state east and one state west of the Cascade mountain range. In the same legislative session, a similar bill was introduced that would have included parts of Oregon in the newly created states. In 2017, legislators introduced a petition to the federal government regarding the creation of the state of Liberty, which would have a western boundary following the crest of the Cascade mountains and the western borders of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima, and Klickitat counties, and whose eastern, northern, and southern boundaries would be the existing state borders. A bill and a federal petition to establish the state of Liberty were again introduced in 2019. None of these bills or petitions have been passed by the Washington House. Wisconsin On July 21, 1967, some residents of the village of Winneconne, Wisconsin said they were seceding, in protest over the village's omission from the state's official highway map, to become what they called the "Sovereign State of Winneconne". After the village was restored to the highway map, the secessionists in the village of Winneconne reconciled with the state. The village has since celebrated the event with an annual Sovereign State Days celebration. Portions of the northern counties were included in proposals for the State of Superior. Wyoming Parts of northern Wyoming were considered in a proposal for the State of Absaroka. See also 51st state List of active separatist movements in North America List of U.S. county secession proposals Territorial evolution of the United States, noting all state boundary changes References Further reading External links - article where Shears used this article and others on Wikipedia to make a map Partition (politics) States|State partition partition proposals partition proposals State partition State partition Lists of proposals