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 and ...

Did you know that the Mason-Dixon line was only formed after years of conflict between the neighboring Pennsylvania and Maryland colonies? After confusing and conflicting language in their respective ...

Seeking inspiration for new places to explore, I looked up historical events of local import that took place on May 25, and as it turns out, there are plenty to choose from. You could argue the 1659 ...

PHILADELPHIA — If Todd Babcock had his way, the Mason-Dixon Line would be known as the technological marvel that kept Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, not as flawed shorthand for the Civil War ...

Introduction : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1803 -- "The land flows with milk and honey" : agriculture and labor in the early republic -- "A strange reverse of fortune" : panic, depression, and the ...

CORE, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Mason-Dixon Line Festival returned to the Mason-Dixon Historical Park in Monongalia County on Saturday morning serving breakfast with a side of history. From homemade ...

But in the intervening three centuries, as the line came to represent a metaphoric boundary more than a physical one, the stones, which lacked any meaningful government protection, languished. Nicked ...

In the first half of the 20th century, socially conscious artists in the South were great innovators, reflecting on race, progress and the disappearing plantocracy. By Walker Mimms Reporting from ...