Marsha,
If you are interested, you can read that "Little Dixie" article from the Missouri Historical Review by going to the following link:
http://statehistoricalsocietyofmissouri.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mhr&CISOPTR=21595&REC=4

The State Historical Society of Missouri has now digitized a large portion of the Missouri Historical Review publications from 1906 to 2001. The home page is: http://statehistoricalsocietyofmissouri.org/collections/mhr.php

Good luck in solving your code.
Maggie