4 Stepping back in line.

• Position: STATELINE - Interstate cooperation - Brief article

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In resolving their decades-long boundary dispute, North and South Carolina lawmakers have established a model of interstate cooperation. The border between the Carolinas was first marked in 1735 by surveyors who notched trees with hatchets and planted stakes. With those early marks long gone and residents' confusion mounting, the Carolinas formed a Joint Boundary Commission in the 1990s to settle the matter without going to court. Using Colonial-era maps and GIS technology, among other tools, the...