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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.
Mason Dixon was an American country music group from Beaumont, Texas, composed of Frank Gilligan (vocals, bass guitar), Jerry Dengler (guitar, banjo), and Rick Henderson (guitar). The band played frequently within the Texas nightclub scene for several years and went on to tour the U.S. and Canada for several more.
The 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 17, 1981, at Dover Downs International Speedway (now Dover International Speedway) in Dover, Delaware. During the preceding season , NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the ...
The 1976 Mason-Dixon 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on May 16, 1976, at Dover Downs International Speedway (now called Dover International Speedway) in Dover, Delaware. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.
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 ...
Moroun also had a controlling stake in Universal Truckload Services Inc., which is a holding company for several over-the-road truck lines and logistics companies (Universal Am-Can Ltd., Mason Dixon Lines, Economy Transport, Cavalry Logistics, Louisiana Transportation, Inc., etc.).
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 ...
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