More about the Indian Stream Republic
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a map of the Connecticut River Headwaters next to the Canadian border.
This second map shows the Connecticut River's journey into the 2nd and
3rd Connecticut Lakes.
For many years after the American Revolution, this Connecticut Lake
region was claimed by both the United States and Canada. The settlers
formed their own local government, and about 1829, the section became
known as Indian Stream Territory (named after a small stream whose source
is in the northern tip of the state). On July 9,1832, the inhabitants
organized the "Republic of Indian Stream," with a written
constitution, council, assembly, and courts.
The tiny State existed for three years...when after a dispute with the
Canadian authorities the territory was occupied by New Hampshire Militia.
Incorporated as Pittsburg in 1840, the north and west [boundary] lines
were established in 1841, and by the Ashburton Treaty (1842) the region
was awarded to New Hampshire (and the United States).
(Source: www.weirs.com/w_times/99archiv/02/11/askdr.html)
Pittsburg, New Hampshire, is a part of the region known as the Great
North Woods and is located at 45.112923 North-71.255096 West. (wunderground.
com) For a few years in the 1830s, an area of today's Pittsburg
was an independent republic, not part of New Hampshire and not part
of the United States; it was called the Indian Stream Republic.
The 360 inhabitants of this land established their own independent republic
even though both Canada and the United States claimed the area, an area
of 200,000 acres in northern New Hampshire near today's U.S./Canada
border in Pittsburg. The US tried to make settlers in the area pay taxes,
and Canada tried to make them serve in its military, so the people decided
to not be a part of either the US or Canada but to establish their own
sovereign nation instead.
(Source: Atlas of American History, 2nd revised edition, New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1984 p. 132)
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