The Mason-Dixon Line is 250 years old - but who were the two British men who created one of America's most famous land borders?

(WHTM) — 260 years ago today, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived in Philadelphia to begin their survey of the boundary lines between Pennsylvania and Maryland. It would take them almost… ...

One side read, “This post used as base point in the survey of Mason Dixon Line 1763-1767.” The opposite side read, “Site of post mark’d WEST set up by Mason and Dixon, June 12, 1764.” ...

The Mason-Dixon Line is 250 years old - but who were the two British men who created one of America's most famous land borders?

The Mason-Dixon Line is 250 years old - but who were the two British men who created one of America's most famous land borders?