Mason-Dixon Line Showing its Age

Mason-Dixon Line Showing its Age

Cultural and – more recently – political changes have shifted the traditional border between North and South One way and another, surveyors have left their mark on American history. George Washington started his career as one. Then came Charles Mason and Jeremiah...
Where does The South begin?

Where does The South begin?

Gordonsville, Va. — There’s debate about where the South really begins. The Mason-Dixon Line? The Potomac? The Rappahannock? The “sweet tea line?” What’s certain is that, by the time you’ve reached David Lamb’s horse farm in Orange County, you’re there. Oakland...