Where Does the South Begin?

Where Does the South Begin?

by | Jan 3, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Yesterday I crossed the border from Pennsylvania to Maryland, and was greeted by a road sign for “The Mason-Dixon Line,” the historical demarcation between the American North and South. It’s a misleading distinction from a linguistic perspective, because one does not...
Mason-Dixon Line Showing its Age

Mason-Dixon Line Showing its Age

by | Oct 24, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

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?

by | Oct 8, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

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...