Untangling a Border Could Leave a Mess for Some. N/S Carolina

[elleng]

Errors can compound over time.

A couple of hundred years ago, intrepid surveyors carved out a line between North Carolina and South Carolina and marked their work with notches on trees and, later, the occasional rock. The federal government eventually approved the boundary and life went on.

But trees fell. The rare stone marker was lost. Land was bought and sold and guesses were made. Bit by bit, the border shifted a little bit north.

In an ambitious project, the states of North Carolina and South Carolina are trying to set the record straight. After years of historical research and old-fashioned survey work mixed with global positioning technology, they are moving the boundary back to where it belongs. . .

The problems began, as they sometimes do, with the king of England.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/us/the-carolinas-work-to-clarify-their-borders.html?hp

[libinnyandia]

1. As a descendant of several English kings, I resent your blaming my ancestors for problems.

Although, my ancestors were in power before the colonization of America.

[elleng]

2. Not MY idea, your majesty,

its a QUOTE, from the story!

[libinnyandia]

3. You are pardoned. After all, I am also descended from several saints. :o)