Maybe literally above the Mason-Dixon line, in Pennsylvania. But the part of the northwest south of the National Road was settled by Southerners. This included Abraham Lincoln’s father and mother. They originated from Rockingham County, Virginia.
But, as I type this, I am about that far from the Gulf of Mexico - in Biloxi, and anOTHER beautiful day looks as though it is here!
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