In 1839, militias in Iowa and Missouri squared off over where the state line should be between the two states.No one was killed in the so-called Honey War, though a Missouri sheriff was arrested and a Missouri settler sneaked across the border and chopped down three trees holding honeybee hives.Honey was the only sweetener on the frontier and apparently worth fighting for.Sullivan lineThe dispute concerned the Sullivan Line, established by surveyor J.C.