A historical document reintroducing Dallas as an early French socialist utopia pieced from journal entries letters and sketches of French scholar Victor Considerant.ampampamp10In the aftermath of the French Revolution where visions of egalitarian futures brewed Victor Considerant set off with a legion of over two hundred European settlers to create their own socialist utopia. Their settlement was La Rampampamp233eacuteunion just thirty miles outside of Downtown Dallas along the scenic Trinity river. Utopian visions clashed with the harsh agrarian realities of Texas as the settlers academics musicians and intellectuals ampampamp8211 floundered in the heat and La Rampampamp233union wilted.ampampamp10Victor Considerants name can be found everywhere in Dallas but the history of its provenance is not as ubiquitous.