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minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·5 months agoIt’s where the Mississippi River was at the time (and still largely is). It’s not like someone just drew it that way.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 months agoI believe it’s actually because Tennessee became a state in 1796, but rulers weren’t invented until 1797.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·5 months agoRulers 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.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoSurveyor Steven did his best, but his penchant for TN moonshine was well-documented.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoThere was a bee chasing him the whole time!
minus-squarekambusha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoAnd that’s why they call it a bee-line
It’s where the Mississippi River was at the time (and still largely is). It’s not like someone just drew it that way.
I believe it’s actually because Tennessee became a state in 1796, but rulers weren’t invented until 1797.
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.
Surveyor Steven did his best, but his penchant for TN moonshine was well-documented.
There was a bee chasing him the whole time!
And that’s why they call it a bee-line