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Mason-Dixon Line accuracy hailed as 'extraordinary' "The map they produced is one of the most important historical documents we have here in America.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

(WBOY) — The Mason-Dixon Historical Park celebrated ... of the day from the beginning of their line which is the corner that you’ll see on a map of Maryland now, and they ended here.” ...

William Ecenbarger is author of “Walkin’ the Line,” a travel-history book about the Mason-Dixon Line. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the completion of the Mason-Dixon Line ...

creating about 200 copies of a map and plan of the surveyed line. Even with the help of the printing press, this took time. So it was that Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finally boarded a ship ...

It was a bad map. In reality, the 40th parallel actually ... Walker in her book Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation. Meanwhile, settlers near the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A map of York County in 1770 shows roads radiating ... the range separating today’s Gettysburg and Chambersburg. Until 1800, the Mason-Dixon Line measured 65 miles, defining the county’s ...

He said the location will highlight the historical significance of the Mason-Dixon Line as well as the beauty of Tucker Falls, a natural water feature included as one of 43 stops on the West ...

On the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, a team of volunteer surveyors work diligently to preserve both the markers and the history of the Mason-Dixon Line. Volunteers are Racing to Save ...