Howland Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
coral island in the central Pacific Ocean; unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States of America
About Howland Island
In the early 2000s, a writer of "alternate histories" put up a web site which presented itself as the official site of the government of the "Republic of Baker Howland and Jarvis", portraying a bustling tourism destination (spurred in part by Earhart's celebrated stop here), including a fake CIA World Factbook article providing statistics for the island nation. The web site is no longer online, but puzzled more than a few armchair travelers. Discovered by the US early in the 19th century, the island was claimed by the US in 1857. Both US and British companies mined for guano until about 1890. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization was begun on this island, similar to the effort on nearbyBaker Island, but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The island was estab
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