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Mason Dixon may refer to: * Mason–Dixon line separating Delaware and Pennsylvania from Maryland, surveyed 1763–1767 *''Mason & Dixon'', the 1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon featuring the surveyors as characters *Mason and Dixon, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., an independent polling firm *Mason Dixon (band) Mason Dixon was an American country music group from Beaumont, Texas, composed of Frank Gilligan (vocals, bass guitar), Jerry Dengler (guitar, banjo), and Rick Henderson (guitar). The band played frequently within the Texas nightclub scene for seve ..., a country music band from the 1980s * Mason Dixon (''Rocky Balboa'' character), a fictional character in the ''Rocky'' series See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason–Dixon Line
The Mason–Dixon line, also called the Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line, is a demarcation line separating four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (part of Virginia until 1863). 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 colonial America. The dispute had its origins almost a century earlier in the somewhat confusing proprietary grants by King Charles I to Lord Baltimore (Maryland) and by King Charles II to William Penn (Pennsylvania and Delaware). The largest, east-west portion of the Mason–Dixon line along the southern Pennsylvania border later became known, informally, as the boundary between the Southern slave states and Northern free states. This usage came to prominence during the debate around the Missouri Compromise of 1820, when drawing boundaries between slave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason & Dixon
''Mason & Dixon'' is a postmodernist novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, published in 1997. It presents a fictionalized account of the collaboration between Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in their astronomical and surveying exploits in the Dutch Cape Colony, Saint Helena, Great Britain and along the Mason-Dixon line in British North America on the eve of the Revolutionary War in the United States. The novel, written in a style based on late 18th century English is a frame narrative told from the focal point of Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke, a clergyman of dubious orthodoxy who, on a cold December evening in 1786, attempts to entertain and divert his extended family (partly for amusement, and partly to keep his coveted status as a guest in the house) by telling a tall tale version of Mason and Dixon's biographies (claiming to have accompanied Mason and Dixon throughout their journeys). Background Pynchon began work on the novel as early as 1975, and in 1978 he was repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason And Dixon, Pennsylvania
Mason and Dixon is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. History The community lies at the Maryland—Pennsylvania state line, which once marked the Mason–Dixon line. A variant name was "Mason-Dixon". A post office called Mason And Dixon was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1955. References Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Mason–Dixon line {{FranklinCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason Dixon (band)
Mason Dixon was an American country music group from Beaumont, Texas, composed of Frank Gilligan (vocals, bass guitar), Jerry Dengler (guitar, banjo), and Rick Henderson (guitar). The band played frequently within the Texas nightclub scene for several years and went on to tour the U.S. and Canada for several more. Career The group's founding members were lead vocalist Frank Gilligan (born November 2, 1955) and guitarist Rick Henderson (born May 29, 1953), respectively natives of New York and Texas, who met while attending Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. The two joined with guitarist Jerry Dengler (born May 29, 1955), a former solo artist from Odessa, Texas, and officially founded the band in 1979. The group's first release was a single titled "Armadillo Country". After this song became a regional hit, record producer Don Schafer signed the band to his Texas Records label. The band released its debut album ''Only a Dream Away'' in 1983 and released five singles from it. First w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
