A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Seamans and a core group of supporters participated in an intense round of horse-trading that finally, in 1949, yielded a deal. The town would spend $1,200 in tax money to buy a pump and some other pieces of firefighting equipment—but little else.