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It's where the Mississippi River was at the time (and still largely is). It's not like someone just drew it that way.
51 0 ReplyI believe it's actually because Tennessee became a state in 1796, but rulers weren't invented until 1797.
50 0 ReplyRulers 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.
15 0 ReplySurveyor Steven did his best, but his penchant for TN moonshine was well-documented.
15 0 ReplyThere was a bee chasing him the whole time!
12 0 ReplyAnd that's why they call it a bee-line
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