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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago

It's where the Mississippi River was at the time (and still largely is). It's not like someone just drew it that way.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago

I believe it's actually because Tennessee became a state in 1796, but rulers weren't invented until 1797.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Rulers were invented like 3,000 years before that.

It is a funny picture to think of some Tennessee hillbilly surveyor with a 1ft ruler trying to count out the border though.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Surveyor Steven did his best, but his penchant for TN moonshine was well-documented.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar 13 points 5 months ago

There was a bee chasing him the whole time!

[-] kambusha@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And that's why they call it a bee-line

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