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Message:: [QUOTE="NewB, post: 1100734, member: 28966"]"Way Down South in Dixie" The term Dixie we have all come to know as meaning the Deep South, was born in Louisiana prier to the Civil War. Prior to the Civil War the economy in the port City of New Orleans was literally bursting at the seams. The levee on the riverfront was lined for miles with steamboats and there was virtually no room to store the cargos brought to the port. Like the cargo, money was flowing like water and the prevalent bill was the $10 bill. New Orleans at this time in history was still a divided city with Canal Street serving as the neutral ground between the Americans and the Creoles. After selling their cargos and wishing to spend their money, the keel boatmen were inconvenienced by having to use French money on the down river side of Canal Street and American currency on the up river side. The enterprising Citizens Bank, located on Toulouse Street solved the problem. They simply printed on the face both in English and French the denomination Ten-DIX. DIX is ten in French and the keel boatmen corrupted the word by saying, "We're going to New Orleans to get some of those good old Dixies". Hence the deep south has been known as the land of Dixie ever since. [ATTACH]110131.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]110132.vB[/ATTACH] This note is a reprint from the original plates.[/QUOTE]