Show D dixie named A now orleans bank was responsible for the popular term dixie applied to the land below tho the masoner dixon line henry E elrod houston engineer and numismatic lan said the citizens bank of new orleans was the originator natorp through its 10 piastre p lastre notes the notes were issued in fit 1852 printed half in french and half in english on tho the face of the note was tho the word ton and its ita corresponding french fre n ch word w 0 r d dix 11 southerners calli called d the b bills 1 1 ls dixie dixie in those days states issued their own money and much of it was almost worthless tho the new orleans bank was in prosperous condition however and tho the bills spread over the southland which gradually became known as tho land of tho the didies Dix ies and finally dixieland |