In 1859, when an American farmer shot a pig on an island that both Britain and America claimed, a twelve-year-long standoff known as the Pig War began. From: AERIAL ...

HERE IT IS! March 1. It is National Pig Day. It is a day we can celebrate the pig. The purpose is to give the pig its rightful place. After all, the pig is one of the most intelligent domesticated ...

The artifacts of the Pig War speak of peace: even these British Minié balls were discarded without having been fired. Brian Smale In a classroom on San Juan Island, Washington, across the HaroStrait ...

Pickett has landed -- The quest for wealth: sources of trouble -- Manifest destiny and joint occupation -- The Treaty of Oregon -- The San Juan sheep war -- The Pig incident -- William Selby Harney -- ...