Photo of the Belle Vue Sheep Farm during the Pig War

ID: 659 ~ Source: National Park Service. "Belle Vue Sheep Farm." San Juan Island. Last modified September 15, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/belle-vue-sheep-farm.htm. ~ Date: September 1859

This file appears in: Belle Vue Sheep Farm

Photo of the Belle Vue Sheep Farm during the Pig War

A photo depicting the Belle Vue Sheep Farm at the height of the Pig War in September 1859.

This file appears in: Belle Vue Sheep Farm

Belle Vue Sheep Farm – The Sheep Farm Where the Pig War Began

By Zion Flores

Before there was American or English camp, there was the Belle Vue Sheep Farm. What was once a central point of the Pig War is now no more than a vast, open field with a white flagpole. The farm was originally established by Chief Factor of the…