. Picturesque on the B. & O. . t Le Bceuf was i t bei: _ ter of war took J ; at Fort - t - - to S : - jara-I - . _ the g sent th a the following S Sir - 5 his quarl I Fra - tal it great t the ts detailst as presenting I ihingt staff ofl th 1 tool it S 5 tO f his ambit rail in s - - ; _ i be:s Bra > g - spot, close to t ts ment > of his earliest•the tion for the --1 - ttle g Liter of a cen-. tury before the United States became known of the world,was also the center of other conflicts no less momentous intheir consequences. A few miles up Wills Creek is crossedby Mason and Dixons lane, so
. Picturesque on the B. & O. . t Le Bceuf was i t bei: _ ter of war took J ; at Fort - t - - to S : - jara-I - . _ the g sent th a the following S Sir - 5 his quarl I Fra - tal it great t the ts detailst as presenting I ihingt staff ofl th 1 tool it S 5 tO f his ambit rail in s - - ; _ i be:s Bra > g - spot, close to t ts ment > of his earliest•the tion for the --1 - ttle g Liter of a cen-. tury before the United States became known of the world,was also the center of other conflicts no less momentous intheir consequences. A few miles up Wills Creek is crossedby Mason and Dixons lane, so familiar in political annals asdividing the northern from the southern states. The line wasrun in 1763-67 by the surveyors from which it derived itsname, and who were sent over from England to end a con-troversy of fourscore years duration. The western end wasnot settled until years afterward, causing, meanwhile, anothercontroversy, this time between Virginia and Pennsylvania. Well, indeed, might the great railway be termed HistoricB. & ()., embracing, as it does, territory made memorable bythree wars, and so replete with reminiscences as to supplythe thoughtful with food for long and absorbing study! Not many roads, rail or turnpike, equal the PittsburghDivision in the picturesque, and there are not a few ofgenuine artistic cultivation who pronounce its course moreattractive in scen
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