Show I Dixie Named A New Orleans bank was responsible ble for the popular term Dixie applied to the land below the Mason Mason- Dixon line Henry E. E Elrod Houston Hous lIous- ton engineer and said the Citizens bank of New Orleans Orleans Orleans Or Or- leans was the originator through its 10 piastre notes The notes were is issued isuE is is- sued uE in 1852 printed half in French and half face of or orthe the note was the word Ten and its corresponding French word Dix Southerners called the bills bilIs Dixie In those days states is issued issued issued is- is sued their own money and much of it was almost worthless The New Orleans bank was in prosperous condition con ditton however and the bills spread over the southland which gradually gradual gradual- ly became known as the land of the and finally Dixieland |