Editing Donald Duck universe (section)

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| footer = The unofficial Calisota map shown on the left indicates the location of Duckburg. The map resembles a map of Northern California (right), with Duckburg corresponding to a coastal area in [[Humboldt County, California|Humboldt County]] near the city of [[Eureka, California|Eureka]], located on [[Humboldt Bay]], California.<ref name = "Rosa">[[Don Rosa]], On The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Gemstone Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN|0911903968}}</ref>
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In the comics by Don Rosa, Duckburg was a fort built on Killmule Hill on June 17, 1579, by [[United Kingdom|British]] explorer [[Sir Francis Drake]] in the area he named ''[[New Albion|Nova Albion]]'', in what would later become the state of Calisota. It was originally known as "Fort Drakeborough". In the year 1818, during the [[History of California before 1900#Spanish colonization and governance (1697–1821)|Spanish colonization of California]] (1697–1821), the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants to the visiting [[Hunting|hunter]] and [[fur trade]]r [[Cornelius Coot]], who Americanized the British name of the fort to "Fort Duckburg". "Drake" means a male duck, while "borough" and "burg" are [[synonyms]]. Cornelius Coot turned the old fort into a [[trading post]] for fellow traders and hunters, and their families. Eventually a small town grew around the fort on top of Killmule Hill. In Carl Barks' story ''The Day Duckburg Got Dyed'' (1957), it is revealed that Cornelius Coot at some point in Duckburg's history managed to pipe mountain water into the town. During the [[American Civil War]], a decisive battle was fought on top of an unnamed hill in Duckburg, led by the Duckburgian General Stonewall Duck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W+WDC+239-01|title=The Village Blacksmith|website=coa.inducks.org|access-date=2016-03-11}}</ref> It is not known on which side the city fought, but with General Stonewall Duck being based on the real-life [[Stonewall Jackson]], it can be assumed they fought for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. However, the real-life state of California, in which the fictional state of Calisota is located according to Don Rosa, was a Unionist state, making Duckburg a more likely member of the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].

Duckburg remained a quiet, small town until the arrival of wealthy businessman Scrooge McDuck. He had bought the old fort and the hill from fellow [[Prospecting|prospector]] [[Casey Coot]], a descendant of Cornelius Coot, during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]] in 1899.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=AR+113&redirected=1|title=Last sled to Dawson|website=coa.inducks.org|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> Scrooge proceeded to construct his famous [[Money Bin]] on the location, which would eventually cause McDuck an incredible variety of problems and dilemmas. The first one was caused by the [[Junior Woodchucks]], who were squatting in the site and using the old fort as their headquarters, even though they did not have legal title to it. The dispute led to a small war in 1902, involving the United States [[United States Marine Corps|marines]] and [[United States Navy|navy]], led by then [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://duckman.pettho.com/history/chapter3.html |title=The Lives and Times in Duckburg |access-date=2011-04-11 |last=Grøsfjeld, Jr. |first=Sigvald |work=The D.U.C.K.man |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607080630/http://duckman.pettho.com/history/chapter3.html |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref> Eventually however, the construction of the Money Bin, and Scrooge's establishment of various businesses in and around Duckburg, caused Duckburg's population to swell, and turned the small town into a bustling city and a global [[financial centre]] within a few decades.<ref name="LTSM" />