Bloodless Timber Conflict: The Aroostook War on the American Border

While history books are filled with tales of brutal territorial conquests, few remember the bizarre international crisis sparked entirely by the felling of pine trees. The border between Maine and New Brunswick was a lawless expanse of valuable timber, waiting for a spark to ignite a full-scale war between the United States and the British Empire. The Aroostook War was a chaotic standoff charact...