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French Colonists arrive at La Réunion
On this day in 1855 some 200 French colonists arrived at the colony of La
Réunion, located on the south bank of the Trinity River in central Dallas
County within the present city limits of Dallas. La Réunion was founded as
a utopian experiment by Victor Prosper Considérant, one of the leading
democratic socialist figures in France. The 1855 arrivals landed in
Galveston, traveled overland from the coast, reached Dallas in April, and
arrived at La Réunion on June 16. Although many settlers left the colony
soon after they arrived, new colonists kept the population fairly constant
for about two years; the number of residents peaked at around 350 in the
fall of 1856. La Réunion existed as a serious communal organization for
only about eighteen months. Financial insolvency killed the colony.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- LA REUNION
- CONSIDERANT, VICTOR PROSPER
- FRENCH
- BRISBANE, ALBERT
- DALLAS, TX
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
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