La Reunion (Dallas)


 

La Reunion was a communist community formed in 1855 by French, Belgian, and Swiss colonists approximately three miles west of the present Reunion Arena and Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas, and near the three forks of the Trinity River in Texas, USA. The community was led by the French philosopher Francois Marie Charles Fourier whose followers and associates established over 40 similar colonies in varies parts of the United States of America during the 1800s. The colony near present-day Dallas soon failed in 1860 the area was incorporated into the emerging city of Dallas.

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1855 - French - Belgian - Swiss - Reunion Arena - Reunion Tower - Dallas - Trinity River - Texas - USA - Philosopher - Francois Marie Charles Fourier - United States of America - 1800s - 1860

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