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Show The Mason en j Dixon Ure '"T'MllS famous Vine" which for li-Ii ! 1 elaliotis scried to mark a dlsiinci ! separation In mtib.oal thought had Its I beginning In the bouo-lnry line be 1 tween l'ctiiis l niiia nnil .Maryland No other real or iiiiag.nai-y line in Ainerl ' t'll has been lllelll ioued mi freiieiill j that lis political meaning was bettei known than lis geographical location It wits run by two Knglish Mir eeyors. Charles ,Maoii and .lercuiin li Dixon. In I7t'.",-I7i'.7. to settle mi M) year dispute between the families ol William Piiiii ami !,or. P.n It iiuore. In those days Pennsylvania was n some what linlelhill e region between Mary P.'tid mid New Fiigliind. '.I'hi' Hue was nuiiked by milestones j brought from lingland. every tilth one I currying the coat of-urms of IYnn on i one kI'I" and of I'.nlt i more on thiol thi-ol her. After ciirryiiu: It over the Mountains to a point 'J I I miles from the Delaware rher lliey came upon nn Indian war path leading through the forest mid their Indian cm-oii told them Mint It was Ihe will of the Indian nations that Iht-y return. As obedience iiiiciir"d to be the licit, a part ol wisdom. .Mieon ami Dixon re finned tfl Pinhole!. hia In 17H7 anil were disohnrgetl. In ordinary usage Ihe line begins at a triangular post of u'raulle. Its sides lettered M. D and P. respectively, al the dividing line between Delaware. Miirxlnnd iind I'cnnsj I inula and ex lends westward, over mountain, through- valley and aero: s plain "u chain of stones through the woods." 0-:,,1 Hlt'7, Wei lniii N.-wi pii.r llnlt.n.) |