A small, inconspicuous plaque outside of what is now a Walgreens claims that the phrase “Dixie” originated on this spot, back when Citizens State Bank stood at this location.
According to this theory, the bank issued its own $10 notes, which had the word Dix (French for ten) printed on one side. Southerners took to calling these paper notes “Dixies” and the French-speaking parts of Louisiana “Dixieland.”
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| 100 Things To Do In New Orleans Before You Die en | 0.8km | site_izi | |||
| Welcome to New Orleans, Louisiana! en | 1.3km | site_izi | |||
| Beyond Fat Tuesday: A Guide to the Historic French Quarter en | 0.6km | site_izi | |||
| Café Lafitte in Exile | 2020 | 0.8km | site_ao | ||
| Antoine’s Restaurant | 2020 | 0.4km | site_ao | ||
| Plaza Tower | 2020 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Faulkner House Books | 2019 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Congo Square | 2019 | 0.8km | site_ao | ||
| Street Name Tiles of New Orleans | 2019 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Scallop Shell Pulpit | 2018 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Carousel Bar | 2018 | 0.1km | site_ao | ||
| Séance Room at Muriel’s Jackson Square | 2016 | 0.7km | site_ao | ||
| The Secret Room at M.S. Rau Antiques | 2018 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| United Fruit Company Building | 2018 | 0.4km | site_ao | ||
| The Museum of Death in New Orleans | 2017 | 0.3km | site_ao |
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