A Monument to the Passenger Pigeon near Hanover, Pennsylvania
Showing posts with label Pennsylvania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pennsylvania. Show all posts
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
If You Don't Have a Good Reason -- You'd Better Have a Hell of a Lot Better Excuse
The Northeast Corner of Maryland
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Conojacular War
This 1924 memorial marks the location of Thomas Cresap's 1730 home "Pleasant Garden" on the Conojohela flats along the Susquehanna river near present day East Prospect, Pennsylvania.
Friday, March 18, 2011
The Dixie Motel
Sleep on the Mason-Dixon Line
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Southernmost House in Philadelphia -- 1763
The Starting-Point of the Mason-Dixon Survey
In 1763, a century of sometimes violent conflict between the Calverts and Penns had ended and the boundaries between their Pennsylvania and Maryland proprietaries were fixed. To ensure that Philadelphia remained in Pennsylvania, the boundary was set 15 miles south of the southernmost house in Philadelphia. Astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired by the sons of William Penn and and the degenerate Lord Baltmore, Frederick Calvert, to mark the boundaries.
In 1763, a century of sometimes violent conflict between the Calverts and Penns had ended and the boundaries between their Pennsylvania and Maryland proprietaries were fixed. To ensure that Philadelphia remained in Pennsylvania, the boundary was set 15 miles south of the southernmost house in Philadelphia. Astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired by the sons of William Penn and and the degenerate Lord Baltmore, Frederick Calvert, to mark the boundaries.
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