In 1872 two colonial powers, Great Britain and the United States, peacefully agreed to end - through arbitration - the joint occupation of San Juan Island. Ambiguous language in the 1846 Treaty of Oregon, a boundary agreement between the two…

Pickett House was the personal residence of Captain George E. Pickett while he oversaw the establishment of Fort Bellingham, the northernmost frontier outpost of the US Army. Pickett and 68 men of the Ninth Infantry, Company D, were transferred to…

In the late 19th century, San Juan Island was a desirable agricultural location for settlement. Once the Pig War – the nonviolent dispute between the Untied States and Great Britain over ownership rights to the San Juan Islands – was resolved in…