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Pig War (1859)
- soperj 9y agoThat was a great read. Considering I'm from the area, it's weird that I've never heard anything about it.
- int_19h 9y agoThe British and American camps are still a major tourist attraction on San Juan.
- stcredzero 9y agoFive plus eighteen fifty four / Charles declares a Pig War!
- Tiktaalik 9y agoIn reading these sorts of stories what I always wonder about the sort of wildly optimistic and risk taking personalities that would decide to settle down in some land where the overseeing government is not yet known.
- int_19h 9y agoOregon Country had government (or governments) long before it formally became part of US and Canada, respectively, it just happened to be an ad-hoc one that grew organically out of necessity.
- petre 9y agoMore like wildly pessimistic about the places they flee from. These are usually people displaced by religious, social and racial discrimination looking for a fresh start.