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In 1767, Mason’s and Dixon’s survey party arrived at the Youghiogheny River, almost 200 miles from the “post marked west,” and built a tower of rocks they gathered from its banks.
Dan Seals sang "Mason Dixon line" and the song symbolically references the line. [51] GZA references the "Mason-Dixon Line" in the closing words of his feature verse on Raekwon's song "Guillotine (Swords)" from his debut 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. [52] Tom Lehrer references the Mason–Dixon line in his song "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie ...
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With his engineering background, he was named as a commissioner to retrace the Mason–Dixon line in 1849, and was otherwise engaged in the construction of railroads and canals. In 1844, Riddle was hired to design the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery . [ 1 ]
ASCE Library is an online full-text civil engineering database providing the contents of peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, e-books, and standards published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Library offers free access to abstracts of Academic journal articles, proceedings papers, e-books, and standards as well as many e-book ...
Three of its four singles charted, which were "Sweet Little Shoe" (peaked at number 62), "Mason Dixon Line" (peaked at number 43), and "When Love Comes Around the Bend" (peaked at number 51). [2] The B-side to "Mason Dixon Line", titled "Be My Angel", was later a non-album single for Lionel Cartwright , peaking at number 63 in late 1992.
Mason & Dixon, the 1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon featuring the surveyors as characters; Mason and Dixon, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community; Mason-Dixon Trail, hiking trail along the line; Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., an independent polling firm; Mason Dixon (band), a country music band from the 1980s
Sep. 26—Summer may be over, but Monongalia County's Mason-Dixon Historical Park is as hot as ever. Last month, the West Virginia Department of Tourism announced the property would become just ...