The Honey War was a bloodless territorial dispute in 1839 between Iowa Territory and Missouri over their border.

Mar 2, 2021 · In 1839, militias in Iowa and Missouri squared off over where the state line should be between the two states. No one was killed in the so-called Honey War, though a Missouri sheriff was...

Nov 25, 2022 · 20 years before British and American forces fought a bloodless war in the San Juan Islands over an imprecise boundary, the States of Iowa and Missouri engaged in a similar conflict. Imprecise treaty language, inept work by the official surveyor, and territorial rivalry led to armed conflict between the two newly settled states.

Jan 10, 2025 · July 29, 1839 – Governor Robert Lucas issues a 3-page proclamation urging Iowa officials to maintain the rights of Iowa and the United States against the encroachments of Missouri on the southern boundary.

Apr 12, 2018 · This brief conflict between Missouri and Iowa was the most dramatic point of a decades-long dispute that was escalated in 1839 by the governors of both Iowa Territory and Missouri, involved over one thousand fighting militiamen, and was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1849.

When a Missourian chopped down three of these trees it made the Iowans very angry. An Iowa officer tried to arrest the man who chopped down the trees but he escaped into Missouri. On account of this bee-tree incident the quarrel has sometimes been called the Honey War.

Mar 24, 2017 · Since then, the border conflict between Missouri and Iowa had tensed into what historians would call “the Honey War,” after some unknown Missourian went over the border and cut down three bee...

When a Missouri sheriff again attempted to collect taxes, he was arrested by an Iowa sheriff and the "war" began. Missouri militiamen rushed into service. Governor Lucas of Iowa found himself with twelve hundred Iowa farmers and businessmen eager for battle.

The Honey War was a bloodless border dispute in the 1830s between Iowa (first as a part of Wisconsin Territory, then Iowa Territory) and Missouri over their border. The Honey War was caused by a disagreement over a 9.5-mile (15.3 km) wide piece of …

In 1839, Missouri and Iowa mobilized their ragtag militias, ready to start shooting over a tree full of honey. The bee tree is an artifact of Missouri history. Cutting bee trees for honey once was a food gathering exercise in many rural Missouri households.