Most people are familiar with the name Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823), a country doctor whose smallpox inoculation led to that dreaded disease’s eventual eradication. Jenner became intrigued by the fact that milkmaids who had contracted coxpox, similar to smallpox… Read More
In Louisiana in the mid 1800s, French was the most commonly-spoken language. Banks there issued ten-dollar notes marked with ‘DIX,” which is French for 'ten.' The note became known as a “dixie,” and the name stuck as a term for the South.