In 1859 a pig wandered into Lyman Cutler's farm and began eating his potatoes. Lyman pull out his rifle and killed the pig, triggering an international incident involving the United States and Britain. One that almost caused a war on the small island of San Juan in the Strait of Georgia.

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Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070110072744/http://www.nps.gov/archive/sajh/Pig_War_new.htm

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/peace-conflict/the-pig-war

https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/timeline/detail.aspx?id=39

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/inside-great-pig-war-1859/

https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm

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