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Show Dixie Dl"ue Dlue Dine " NamedA Named A New Orleans bank was responsl responss responslble responssble responsible ble for the popular term DI'Lle DILle Dine DI'Lleappl Dineapp Dixieappi ' appl app ] ed to the land below the Mason MasonDI.on MasonDixon MasonDi\on MasonDi on DI\.on DI.on DI .on on Dixon \ ' . line Ime Henry E Eirod Elrod lIous Hous lIouston Houston Houston ton engineer engmeer and numismatic ansa ansa an ana sa a d the Cit Clt zens bank of New Or Orleans Orleans Orleans leans leansas ' was \as as \ the or g nator through ItS its10 10 p astre notes The notes were IS ISsued issued issued sued in m 185 1S5 ? ' > printed prmted half in m 1n French Frenchand Frenchand FrencIand and half in 111 English Enghsh On the face of ofthe ofthe othe the note was the word Ten and andIts andits amits Its corresponding correspondmg Frenchword French word wordDIX wordDix wordDix DIX Southerners called the bIlls bIllsDI'LIC billsDine billsDixie DI'LIC DILIC Dine ' In those days states IS ISsued issued issued sued the r own money and much of ofIt ofit ofit It was almost worthless The New NewOrleans NewOrleans NewOrleans Orleans bank was teas , \ as in 111 prosperous con condltlon condition condition dltlon dition however and the bills spread spreadover spreadover spreadover over the southland v . which hlch gradual gradually gradually ly became known as the land of the theDl.tes theDLies theDixies Dl\.tes Dl.tes Dl .tes tes DLies . ' \ . and finally finall ) . , Dixieland Dooeland |