Show dixie named A new orleans bank was responsible for the popular term dixie applied to the land below the mason dixon line henry E elrod houston engineer and said the citizens bank of new orleans was the originator through its 10 piastre notes the notes were issued in 1852 printed half in french and half in english on the face of the note was the word ten and its corresponding french word dix s called the bills dixie in those days states issued their own money and much of it was almost worthless the new orleans bank was in prosperous condition however and the bills spread over the southland which gradually became known as the land of the didies Dix ies and finally dm dixieland eland |