Cresap's War - Wikipedia
Cresap's War (also known as the Conojocular War, from the Conejohela Valley where it was mainly located along the south bank) was a border conflict between Pennsylvania and Maryland fought in the 1730s. Hostilities erupted in 1730 with a series of violent incidents prompted by disputes over property rights and law enforcement.
Mason–Dixon line - Wikipedia
The Mason–Dixon line is a demarcation line separating four U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as part of the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in the colonial United States. [1]
Towns on the Maryland / Pennsylvania border - State Distance
Towns in Maryland are blue on the map and those in Pennsylvania are orange. Menges Mill, PA is the closest town to Maryland. Want to know which town in Maryland is closest to Pennsylvania? It's Sylmar (about 55 feet from the border). These are some of the bigger towns and cities that are still close to the Maryland and Pennsylvania border.
This Long, Violent Border Dispute Between Colonial Maryland …
May 25, 2017 · Colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania had it harder than most: they both had legitimate (to them) claims to a large area of land. It was this competing interest that led to Cresap’s War, also known...
Our Most Famous Border: The Mason-Dixon Line | Pennsylvania …
In the southwest corner of the state, near Mount Morris, there is a monument that reads: "MASON-DIXON LINE. Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States. The survey establishing Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary began in 1763; halted by Indian wars 1767; continued to southwest corner in 1782; marked 1784."
Mason-Dixon Line | Definition, Significance, & Facts | Britannica
Mason-Dixon Line, originally the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States. In the pre-Civil War period it was regarded, together with the Ohio River, as the dividing line between slave states south of it and free-soil states north of it.
History of the Mason-Dixon Line - Town of Rising Sun, Maryland
Maryland was granted the territory north of the Potomac River / Watkins Point up to the fortieth parallel; Pennsylvania was granted land extending northward from a point "12 miles north of New Castle Towne," which is located south of the fortieth parallel.
Mason-Dixon Line - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Originally surveyed by Englishmen Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-79), the line separates Pennsylvania from Maryland and West Virginia along the 39º43ˊ N. parallel and bounds Delaware along an arc that extends from Maryland to the Delaware River.
When Maryland Almost Got Philadelphia: The Remarkable Story …
While the resolution of this dispute was no doubt a great relief to all parties, Maryland lost 4,300 square miles, and Virginia 1,100 square miles, to Pennsylvania—the outcome of, in the words of Edwin Danson, the “most ambitious geodetic survey ever conducted.” (Charles W. Mitchell)
The Mason-Dixon Line—America’s Great Divide
Jan 25, 2024 · In this excerpt from Mason-Dixon, historian Edward G. Gray shows how the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary—even well before Mason and Dixon had accurately mapped it—carried deep significance as a dividing line.
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