The War That Almost Started Over a Single Pig (America vs Britain)

Join us on San Juan Island as we explore the real story behind the Pig War — the 1859 border dispute between the United States and Britain that began with the shooting of a pig. In this episode of Searching for History, we visit American Camp, Robert’s Redoubt and English Camp, stand on the same ground where soldiers once faced off, and uncover how this strange standoff ended peacefully through diplomacy. If you enjoy history told on location, subscribe and come along for more journeys into the past across the Pacific Northwest. Locations: • American Camp • English Camp • San Juan Island National Historical Park #pigwar #sanjuanisland #historicaldocumentary Music Attributions Song 1: To the Top by Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required) Song 2: Acoustic Guitar 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Song 3: Fresh Fallen Snow by Chris Haugen (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required) Song 4: Snowy Peaks pt I by Chris Haugen (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required) Song 5: Spanish Moss by Chris Haugen (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required) Image Attributions All of the images in this list are in the public domain. Image 1: Oregon Treaty of 1846. Located: https://docsteach.org/document/presid... Image 2: U.S. Coast Survey, Washington Sound and Approaches, Washington Territory, 1866. Located: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/ Image 3: Map of the Oregon Territory, 1841. Located: https://www2.sos.wa.gov/legacy/maps/m... Image 4: United States flag, 1864 to 1867. Located: https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.02834/ Image 5: Union Jack (British flag). Located: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/fla... Image 6: Belle Vue Sheep Farm, September 1859. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 7: Watercolor of Belle Vue sheep farm at time of Pig War. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 8: General William S. Harney, c. 1860-1865. Located: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William... Image 9: General George E. Picket, C.S.A, c. 1860-1875. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 10: General Pickett’s famous Charge at Gettysburg. Located: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickett... Image 11: American Camp, C. 1868. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 12: Sir Geoffrey T. P. Hornby, Admiral of the fleet, before 1895. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 13: Painting of Rear Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes, c. 1850s. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 14: Watercolor of American Camp. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 15: Casey’s Camp, October 1859. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 16: Battery D. 3rd Artillery, Pose with Gun. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 17: Deck of Steam Corvette HMS Satellite. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 18: The Royal Marine Garrison, pre-1867. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 19: Same as image 9. Image 20: Same as image 13. Image 21: Watercolor of US Army Buildings Robert’s Redoubt on San Juan Island. Located: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bu... Image 22: Brigadier General, Silas Casey, c. 1861-1865. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 23: Henry M. Robert. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 24: Same as image 21. Image 25: General Winfield Scott. Located: https://www.nps.gov/places/winfield-s... Image 26: James Douglas, royal governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Located: https://www.nps.gov/places/james-doug... Image 27: Same as image 25. Image 28: Lidar imagery, San Juan 2009. Located: https://lidarportal.dnr.wa.gov/ Image 29: Shoreline Photo, 2016. Located: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gisresour... Image 29: A Picnic on the Parade Ground, English Camp. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 30: The Royal Marine Camp, pre-1867. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 31: A Panorama of English Camp, 1867. Located: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/histor... Image 32: Kaiser Wilhelm I, 1884. Located: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image 33: Same as image 2.