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unusual facts about Mason-Dixon



1888 in archaeology

December: Discovery of three villages by Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law Charlie Mason while tracking stray cattle: Cliff Palace, Spruce Tree House, and Square Tower House; now part of Mesa Verde National Park.

1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

The 1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour.

2013 Citi Open

It was the 45th edition (for the men) and the 3rd edition (for the women) of the event known that year as the Citi Open (previously known on the men's tour as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic), and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour.

Angharad Mason

Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Archibald Thorburn

He taught Otto Murray Dixon and Philip Rickman (both in Nature in Art's collection), and he encouraged the young Donald Watson when he came to visit him in Dumfries and Galloway.

Arthur James Mason

His departure from Cambridge was at the urging of his friend Edward Benson, who had been appointed as Bishop of Truro and wanted Mason to act as diocesan missioner.

Banksia cuneata

Ironically, given its conservation status, Kingsley Dixon of Kings Park and Botanic Garden suggested that it may have weed potential: the species was trialled as a cut flower crop on land north of Moore River, and seedlings were noted afterwards.

Batavia Cemetery

Two years later, in 1882, an organization called the National Christian Association Opposed to Secret Societies called attention to William Morgan, a Batavia resident who, after a failed bid to join the local Masonic Lodge, began speaking and writing against the order and its alleged hidden influence on society and politics.

Brian Mason

Mason held his seat during the provincial election in 2004, which saw the caucus welcome the return of former leaders Pannu and Ray Martin, along with newcomer David Eggen.

Business Journalist of the Year Awards

The Editors' Committee comprises Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor of the Financial Times; Robert Peston, Business Editor at the BBC; Hugo Dixon, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of breakingviews; Jesse Lewis, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; and Rik Kirkland, former Managing Editor of Fortune.

Calling All the Monsters

It was produced by Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson, who also co-wrote the song Johan Alkenas, and Charlie Mason, for the soundtrack, A.N.T. Farm (2011), the soundtrack to the Disney Channel television series, A.N.T. Farm.

Daniel Fish

In January 2011, Fish directed an adaptation of Nicholas Ray's film Bigger Than Life, entitled Tom Ryan Thinks He's James Mason Starring in a Movie By Nicholas Ray in which a Man's Illness Provides an Escape from the Pain, Pressure and Loneliness of Trying to be the Ultimate American Father, Only to Drive Him Further Into the More Thrilling Though Possibly Lonelier Roles of Addict and Misunderstood Visionary.

Della Street

In the very first Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws, written in the early days of the Great Depression it is revealed that Della Street came from a wealthy, or at least well-to-do, family that was wiped out by the stock market crash of 1929, forcing Della to get a job as a secretary.

Denniston Sutherland

After a couple of wins and losses, Sutherland defeated Jack Mason through a decision at UCMMA 18 - Face Off to earn the right to face UCMMA Middleweight Champion, Mark Weir.

Derek Tangye

Jeannie met many famous actors and actresses, including Danny Kaye, James Mason, Charlie Chaplin and Gertrude Lawrence as well as politicians and eminent world leaders during her time at the Savoy group of hotels.

Dixon, New Mexico

About two miles (3 km) north of the town on NM Highway 75 rock and mineral collectors can visit the Harding Mine, a pegmatite mine donated to the University of New Mexico by Dr. Arthur Montgomery.

Elliot Mason

Mason left England at age sixteen to study at the Berklee College of Music.

Flathead River

After the dam the river turns south and meanders through the Flathead Valley west of the Mission Mountains, and at Dixon it is joined by the small Jocko River.

Gunston Hall

George Mason gave Hollin Hall to his third son, Thomson Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786.

Henry Plummer

Jess Harper (Robert Fuller) and Pete Dixon (Warren Oates), and Pete's younger brother, soon come to Slim's aid.

Holy Royal Arch

Royal Arch Masons in the York Rite also meet as a Chapter, but the Royal Arch Chapter of the York Rite confers four different degrees: 'Mark Master Mason', 'Virtual Past Master', 'Most Excellent Master', and 'Royal Arch Mason'.

Keeping up with the Joneses

The phrase is also associated with another of Edith Wharton's aunts, Mary Mason Jones, who built a large mansion at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, then undeveloped.

Leominster

John Abel (1578/9-1675), an English carpenter and mason, granted the title of 'King's Carpenter', who was responsible for several notable structures in the ornamented half-timbered construction, notably the market house known as Grange Court (1633) in Leominster, which originally stood in Broad Street, but was rebuilt in 1855 near to the Priory Church.

Lionel de Nicéville

He worked with most 'Indian' entomologists of the day but especially with Henry John Elwes, Taylor, Wood–Mason, Martin and Marshall.

Lloyd Haynes

Haynes received the most recognition for his role as schoolteacher Pete Dixon in the ABC situation comedy series Room 222, with Michael Constantine and Karen Valentine.

Lori Laitman

Her opera, The Scarlet Letter, to a libretto by David Mason (based on the Nathanial Hawthorne classic), will receive its professional premiere at Opera Colorado in May 2016 starring Elizabeth Futral.

Lucinda Dickey

Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990 Perry Mason television movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.

Lucinda Walsh

Lucinda Walsh (née Mary Ellen Walters; formerly Guest, Esteban, Dixon, Stenbeck and Wheatley) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.

Marvin Winans

The album features: Doen Moen, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Mom Winans, Roderick Dixon, Bishop Paul Morton amongst others and was recorded at Winans' church in Detroit, Mi.

Mason Musso

On September 25, 2011, Mason released a second song, "Closer and Closer" on SoundCloud and YouTube with Blake Healy.

Mason, Michigan

David Feintuch, author of the acclaimed science fiction series the Seafort Saga, was a longtime resident of Mason.

Master Gerhard

Meister or Master Gerhard (* c 1210/1215 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral.

Milk Farm Restaurant

It was eventually featured in a 1940 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, effectively putting Dixon on the map and giving it the nickname “Dairy Town” (at the time, Dixon was at the very heartland of the California dairy industry).

New England Art Union

The board included Everett, Dexter, and Longfellow, and a mix of prominent Bostonian businessmen, artists, and other notables: Joseph Andrews; Thomas G. Appleton; Edward C. Cabot; Alvan Fisher; Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham; James B. Gregerson; Chester Harding; Joshua H. Hayward; George S. Hilliard; Albert G. Hoit; Jonathan Mason; Benjamin S. Rotch; G. G. Smith; Charles Sumner; C. G. Thompson; and Ammi B. Young.

Pat Skipper

On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, Mason Strode from Halloween, Seabiscuit's Vet from Seabiscuit (2003), Bob from Fits and Starts, and Agent Ellroy from Chain of Command.

Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry

Once considered one of the most important college football rivalries north of the Mason–Dixon line, this intrastate rivalry was deemed the biggest annual game for both schools for a large part of their histories.

Robert Bice

Between 1957-1964 Bice made seven appearances on Perry Mason as Frank Faulkner, operative for Mason's private detective Paul Drake.

Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran

Dixon retained his sporting links throughout his life: he was President of the Jury at the 1976 Winter Olympics, set up the Ulster Games Foundation in 1983, and was appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tall Ships Council in 1987.

Royce de rohan Barondes

He has published scholarly articles in such journals as Fordham Law Review, Tulane Law Review, and George Mason Law Review.

Shoe incident

Sheila Dixon, in 1991 Dixon waved her shoe at colleagues on the Baltimore City Council

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, of Beauclerc

They had a large family, including John Scott, the eldest son who became the second Baronet of Beauclerc on the death of his father and Mason and William Martin Scott, England international rugby union players.

Sonar Kollektiv

They have more than 200 catalogue releases over the years, among them artists like Âme, Dixon, Forss, Clara Hill, Fat Freddys Drop, Benny Sings, Dimlite, Rogall, Slope, Eva Be, of course Jazzanova themselves, plus the three compilation series Secret Love, Mixing and Broad Casting.

Stakes Is High

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Sing a Simple Song" by Jackson 5

The Lakes, Minnesota

The lake and the community are located in parts of four townships in Murray County: Lake Sarah, Shetek, Murray, and Mason Townships.

Thomas Townsend Bucknill

Among the notable cases tried before Bucknill was that in 1912 of poisoner Frederick Seddon, who, on being found guilty of murder appealed directly to Bucknill as a brother Mason and in the name of 'The Great Architect Of The Universe' to overturn the jury’s verdict.

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Directed by Scott Schwartz, with choreography by Christopher Gatelli, the cast featured Raúl Esparza as Jon, Jerry Dixon as Michael, and Amy Spanger as Susan.

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

In the movie The Rock, John Mason (played by Sean Connery) responds to an offer of freedom by the FBI in exchange for his cooperation to help free captives on Alcatraz by saying, "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes." Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) responds with the translation, "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts."

William Jay Bolton

Jay was a mason's apprentice during the construction of Fonthill Abbey.

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

Background vocals by The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer) and The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)


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2004–05 ECHL season

The league also adopted a "Mason-Dixon" format, as the conferences were split on the Mason-Dixon line, with the National Conference teams being north of the famed line, and American Conference teams south of the line—in effect, all teams in states of the Confederacy, creating a "North vs South" format.

Oakridge, Gloucestershire

Charles Mason, one of the surveyors of America's Mason-Dixon Line, (the other being Jeremiah Dixon), came from here.