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Oak Grove Crownstone
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By Beverly Pfingsten, November 12, 2010 | |
| | | 1. Oak Grove Crownstone Marker | | |
Inscription. Charged with marking the long-disputed boundaries of the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the “Three Lower Counties” of Delaware), English astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon landed in America on November 15, 1763. The following June they traveled to a place on the Delmarva Peninsula which had been previously determined to be mid-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. Known as the Middle Point, it is now the southwest corner of the State of Delaware. From there they journeyed northward, proceeding with the painstaking task of surveying a line to intersect with a location 12 miles distant from the Town of New Castle. Temporary wooden markers were placed at one-mile intervals. On July 6, 1764, they arrived here, fifteen miles north of their place of beginning. In December 1765 they returned to this area to replace the temporary markers with stones imported from England. At intermediate mile points the stones were marked with the letters P and M on reverse sides. At every five-mile point the stones were engraved with the coats of arms of the Calvert and Penn families, proprietors of the colonies. Mason and Dixon completed their work in January 1768. The boundaries were formally approved in 1775.
Erected 2003 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-178.)| | | | 
By Bill Pfingsten, November 12, 2010 | |
| | | 2. Oak Grove Crownstone | | Delaware side. | | |
Location. 38° 40.653′ N, 75° 42.646′ W. Marker is in Seaford, Delaware, in Sussex County. Marker is on N. Oak Grove Road just from Kinder Road, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Seaford DE 19973, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Bethel Church (approx. half a mile away); Patty Cannon's House (approx. 2.9 miles away in Maryland); Cannon-Maston House (approx. 3.4 miles away); Marshyhope Creek Bridge (approx. 3.5 miles away in Maryland); Stein Highway (approx. 4.9 miles away); Seaford Veterans Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); Governor Ross Mansion (approx. 5 miles away); St. John's United Methodist Church (approx. 5.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Seaford. |
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By Beverly Pfingsten, November 12, 2010 | |
| | | 3. Oak Grove Crownstone | | Maryland side. | | |
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By Beverly Pfingsten, November 12, 2010 | |
| | | 4. Oak Grove Crownstone Marker and stone | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on December 2, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 202 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 2, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.
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