Most Americans learn of those wars fought on American soil….wars like the French and Indian War, revolution, the War of 1812….but have you ever heard of the Conojocular War?
Probably not.
The year is 1736 and Pennsylvania and Maryland are at odds over settlers….
The colonial governments of Pennsylvania and Maryland became embroiled in the dispute when settlers from each colony started crossing the Susquehanna River back and forth and creating settlements in what was perceived to be each other’s territory. Questions about legal claims to the land, private ownership deeds, land taxes, and law enforcement in the disputed areas precipitated violence.
The first violence consisted of an incident where 2 Pennsylvanians taking a ferry across the river attacked the ferryman, Thomas Cresap (hence the name, Cresap’s War). Maryland had been infringing on the west side of the river into Pennsylvania territory based on a self serving interpretation of the charters for each colony. Cresap had been given 500 acres by the Maryland government in land claimed by Pennsylvania.
Much of the conflict centered on Cresap, an obvious opportunist that engaged in bullying and thuggery among the settlers, using ruffians as his gang and rewarding them with land.
May 25, 1738: “Conojocular War” Between Pennsylvania and Maryland is Ended
Something your American History class left out…..and it is not the only historical event that is sadly under taught.
Americans have always been at odds with their neighboring states…..and the conflict continues today.
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That ‘small war’ was a new one to me, chuq. Thanks for the history!
Best wishes, Pete.
There were others and I will try to write about some of them….glad you liked it chuq
Wow! This is news to me as well chuq.
I try to fill in as many of the gaps in the education as I can chuq
I didn’t know about the war, but I’m not surprised. Why? Because I knew about…the Pennamite Wars!!!
That region was a hot bed of conflict….I had forgotten about that conflict…thanx for reminding me chuq
Never heard of this one either. The Pennamite Wars!
Thanks, I never heard of this one. The Conojocular War
There are others that I will cover later…..glad you liked it chuq
Well, we all know that the american civil war has never ended except on paper and that it still rages .. along with all its prejudices … in the minds and hearts of a lot of americans …. and the war between the red and the blue states that still rages today, thanks to the likes of that alaskan governor woman whose name I cannot remember right now … and now we have the war between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated … it is a never ending scenario. Nowadays we even have cold wars between races of peope …it is the same as it has always been and as it will always be until Russia or China finally takes it all over and do their own thing with it.
This post is about the war between Maryland and their neighbor….in the early1700s. chuq