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| (...) Virginia is part of "Dixie" while West Virginia is not. thus the reason for the division of Virginia. (...) -- ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| Well technically the eleven Dixie states were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Being a native of Georgia I've never really considered Florida or Texas to be (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| (...) Originally, yes, I believe so (Dixie is a reference to the Dixon part of the Mason-Dixon Line, IIRC). However, Maryland does not consider itself "Dixie", nor does Virginia, AFAIK. To me, "Dixie" refers to Georgia and Alabama, mostly. Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| Actually, "Dixie" is in reference to banknotes issued in Louisiana with "dix" (French for 'ten') on them. This actually predates Mason and Dixon by several decades. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| (...) AFA my limited knowledge goes, it refs to countries south of the Mason-Dixon line (did I get that right?). XFUT .dixielug 'cause they would know best... -Shiri (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| LOVE IT! Now if we could just get a straw hat in to LDraw, he would be perfect. - Greg (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
| | | | | Re: DixieLUG, GMLUG area coverage - a big "?"
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| At the start of the war Kentucky sought to remain neutral; in September 1861 Confederate troops invaded Kentucky, leading to Kentuckians enlisting overwhelmingly in the Union cause. I don't know if I'd call a Kentuckian a Yankee though, I guess it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| (...) I've lived in Kentucky for most of my life (still do officially even though I'm in South Carolina for a couple of years). It's a Southern state, though it's easy to see why people get confused. The states to the north and west of KY are (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| Well technically the eleven Dixie states were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Being a native of Georgia I've never really considered Florida or Texas to be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| (...) Kentucky's in the South, I agree, although it snows there quite a bit. Some would argue whether it's in Dixie. It's north of the Mason Dixon line and didn't secede. :-) ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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