Reporting from Friday Harbor, Wash. — The history books don’t say whether the dead pig had a name. There’s also no mention of whether the slaughtered swine ended up as ham on someone’s dinner table.

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 ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,307,677-week series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Pig War (1859) What it’s about: Sadly, not a war between two rival armies made up of talking ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, San Juan Island — Whale watching, kay­aking, sailing and cycling might be your old-favorite reasons to visit San Juan Island. But May is “History Lives Here” month in the San Juans, and ...

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San Juan Island National Historical Park, Lime Kiln, Sculpture Park and more On our first full day on the island we set out for San Juan Island National Historical Park, a National Park Service site ...

The Bonneville Power Administration has produced a photo-filled book on its history since 1980 and is giving it away on its website. "Power of the River: The Continuing Legacy of the Bonneville Power ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1859, when an American farmer shot a pig on an island that both Britain and America claimed, a twelve-year ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes, pork on Capitol Hill has to do with, well, pork. Or in this case a pig, a dead pig. With bipartisan support, a resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives to ...

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