The Island Standoff Over a Single Pig
In 1859 an American settler shot a British-owned pig rooting in his garden on a disputed island near Vancouver, prompting both nations to deploy warships and hundreds of troops in a high-stakes standoff. This episode examines the Pig War, exploring how frontier restraint and international arbitration defused an imperial crisis.
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A shooting of a Berkshire boar on disputed ground sparked a major military crisis in eighteen fifty-nine.
Captain George Pickett landed sixty-six soldiers on San Juan Island to assert American jurisdiction.
Five British warships carrying over two thousand men faced off against American troops without firing.
Rival garrisons shared holiday celebrations during a peaceful twelve-year joint occupation of the island.
German Kaiser Wilhelm the First settled the boundary dispute in favor of the United States.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02A Garden Patch on Disputed Ground3 min
- 03Guns in Griffin Bay2 min
- 04The Twelve-Year Campfire2 min
- 05The Kaiser's Line3 min
- 06Outro1 min
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