The Aroostook War: Maine, Britain and a Border Nobody Drew

The Aroostook War: Maine, Britain and a Border Nobody Drew Chapters 00:00 A Ledger of Two Numbers 00:39 The Angle Nobody Could Find 02:35 A Valley With Two Claimants 04:57 The King's Line 07:20 Timber 10:47 Ten Million Dollars 14:41 A Line Drawn in Washington 18:47 What Was Left Sources and full image, video and music credits: https://theshortrecord.pages.dev/sour... Images and video (public domain or CC0) from: Alexander Keith Johnston; Annin, Smith & Co, Stimpson and Clapp; Anthony Finley; Anthony Finley, engraved by Young & Delleker; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Collection of Osmond Richard Cummings; Colman, Samuel; Department of Agriculture. Forest Service; Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. National Conservation Training Center; Fitz Henry Lane; Jack Delano; John Mitchell; John Mitchell, Cóvens et Mortier; John Mitchell, digital version, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division; Lee Lockwood; Leland J. Prater; Marston, C. L., 1826-1895 -- Photographer; Merrill, A. C. -- Photographer; Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1792-1868 L. Johnson & Co; Moses Greenleaf and William B. Annin; NPS; Print by John D. Morris & Co. after painting by German artist Carl Wilhelm Anton Seiler (1846-1921); Quintin Soloviev; S.S. Vose & Co. -- Photographer; Samuel Augustus Mitchell; Scan by NYPL; Todd Edgard (NPS employee); U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region; U.S. Department of Agriculture / National Archives; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region; Unknown artist; unknown author; William James Stone. Map data: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; U.S. Census Bureau, cartographic boundary files (2023); U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map (3DEP hillshade). Music: "Bittersweet"; "Lost Time"; "Reawakening"; "Shores of Avalon"; "The Parting"; "Water Lily" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b.... Changes: trimmed, looped, volume-adjusted and mixed under narration. Narration: AI voice.