What is Honey War?
{{coord|40.58|-93.46|display=title}} [[Image:Honeywarmap.png|thumb|right|300px|]] [[Image:Nwmo1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The start of the [[Sullivan Line]], near [[Sheridan, Missouri]]. The pink [[monument]] remembers the Honey War.]] 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 {{convert|9.5|mi|km|sing=on}} wide piece of land covering the entire border (see map). The disagreement was caused because 3 things were not easy to understand: the Missouri [[Constitution]]'s part about borders, the [[survey]] of the [[Louisiana Purchase]], and [[treaties]] with the Native Americans. The [[United States Supreme Court]] ended the dispute in Iowa's favor. It said that the almost-straight border of Iowa would follow the [[Des Moines River]] south for about {{convert|30|mi|km|sing=on}} until it reached the [[Mississippi River]] near [[Keokuk, Iowa|Keokuk]]. During the War, the state [[militia]]s faced each other, a Missouri sheriff collecting taxes in Iowa was arrested, and three honey trees were cut down. ==References== *[http://supreme.justia.com/us/48/660/case.html ''State of Missouri v. State of Iowa], 48 U.S. 660 (1949). *Everett, Derek R. (2008, Fall). To Shed Our Blood for Our Beloved Territory: The Iowa-Missouri Borderland. ''The Annals of Iowa'', 67(4), 269–297. *[http://www.iowanationalguard.com/Museum/IA_History/Territorial_Militia.htm The Territorial Militia - History of The Iowa National Guard by Stephen N. Kallestad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806010154/http://www.iowanationalguard.com/Museum/IA_History/Territorial_Militia.htm |date=2007-08-06 }} *[http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soi32.htm Stories of Iowa for Boys and Girls by Bruce E. Mahan - 1931 - reprinted on Iowa History Project] *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/FactsAndFolklore/HoneyWarDispute.htm Country Facts and Folklore By Andy R