This is the marker from which Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon started the survey for the famous Mason-Dixon Line that separates Delaware from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
This marker was settled in 1750 by John Emory and Thomas Jone…
As Confederate Gen. D.H. Hill's division struggled to hold the gaps of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, the fighting here at Fox's Gap raged throughout the day. About 9 a.m., Gen. Jesse L. Reno's corps attacked Confederate Gen. Samuel Garland…