Mason and Dixon were pioneers in bringing geodetic astronomy to the American colonies. Through the efforts of the Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, we can promote this scientific ...

Mason-Dixon Line accuracy hailed as 'extraordinary' "The map they produced is one of the most important historical documents we have here in America. It's almost the equivalent of the Declaration ...

Then she points to a map and shows how the line seems to go off slightly away from true north. “My father always told the story that when Mason and Dixon got here they celebrated [with spirits ...

Could there be a more opportune moment for an authoritative book on the border crisis? No, not that border, and not today’s crisis, but the dispute that once raged over where Pennsylvania ended ...

Mason and Dixon were commissioned to survey a border line between the colonies that ran along the 39th northern parallel, 43 minutes, which is roughly 47 miles north of 39th parallel. They laid ...

It’s hard to describe the historical and cultural significance of the Mason-Dixon Line. It’s not just a line on a map; it was created to resolve a colonial land dispute, but it came to ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A celebration of a line older than the country it resides in begins Friday in Monongalia County. The Mason-Dixon Historical Park will be hosting a weekend long recognition of ...

"The map they produced is one of the most important ... as the official report on the survey did not mention them. The term "Mason-Dixon Line" would become more widely used when the Missouri ...