I am pleased to announce that Delaware Humanities has selected my new talk, “The Mason-Dixon Line: An Enduring Boundary in American History,” for inclusion in the 2024-25 Speakers Bureau and Visiting Scholars program. This lecture delves into the fascinating and complex history of the Mason-Dixon Line—an enduring boundary that is deeply etched into the American…
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Mason-Dixon Line Interview: Scott Lamar, WITF
WITF’s Scott Lamar visited the Chester County Border on May 25, 2023, to do a Mason-Dixon Line interview about the history of one of the most famous boundaries in America with historian Mike Dixon. The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland was disputed as early as the 1680s. An English team – Charles Mason and…
Historian Discusses Mason-Dixon Line in Media Interview
During a recent Harrisburg Public Media interview, historian Mike Dixon joined Scott LaMar of WITF to explore the complex history of the Mason-Dixon Line. Standing beside milestone 1, a stone maker placed in 1765 by the surveyors, the discussion centered on the colonial divide between Maryland and Pennsylvania over territory. This dispute ended in the…
The Mason-Dixon Line Endures Through Time and History
I recently had the opportunity to serve as the guest curator for an exhibit on the Mason-Dixon Line, which opened at Frederick Heritage on May 3, 2018. “A Boundary Through Time” focused on exploring the many meanings of the Pennsylvania-Maryland State Line. Working with the in-house curatorial team, I helped create the exhibit by contributing…