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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Liberty Watch of Josephine County.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/581/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 2016

The Liberty Watch of Josephine County is an Oath Keepers (OK) splinter group that previously operated as the OK chapter for Josephine County, Oregon, beginning in 2012. The group has also gone by the name Citizen Patriots of Josephine County. In April 2015, this chapter captured national attention when it led militants and anti-government activists from across the United States in an armed patrol of Oregon’s Sugar Pine Mine in defiance of Bureau of Land Management regulations. In August 2016, Rice’s chapter split from the national Oath Keepers and reorganized as the Citizen Patriots of Josephine County. By 2017, the group appeared to go by the name Liberty Watch of Josephine County.

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