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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of southwest Indiana on the Wabash River west-northwest of Evansville. Founded in 1814 by the Harmony Society led by George Rapp, it was the site (1825–1828) of a utopian community established by Robert Owen. The colony was known for its progressive educational, intellectual, and scientific ideas.

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  • Pace said the forest service called the New Harmony fire department to assist with structure protection at approximately 4 p.m.

    thespectrum.com - Local News 2009

  • Owen also helped behind the scenes to bring the arts to New Harmony and Evansville, with generous support for things such as New Harmony Theatre, the New Harmony Project (to develop scripts and screenplays), the New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Art, the Evansville Museum, the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and countless other programs.

    Evansville Courier & Press Stories 2010

  • We see him, at one point, sitting in a ramshackle hotel room in New Harmony, Ind., as his men stuff an American skunk for shipment back to his castle on the Rhine.

    From the Rhine to the Wild West Stuart Ferguson 2011

  • Most people have heard of some of the 19th century American examples, such as Brook Farm in Massachusetts or New Harmony, Indiana, but there have been many before and since.

    The Social Order As Community 2008

  • Ruby warns them they aren't ready to fight Lilith yet but they steal her knife and depart for New Harmony, Indiana.

    Supernatural Finale Spoilers Justin Van De Kamp 2008

  • Ruby warns them they aren't ready to fight Lilith yet but they steal her knife and depart for New Harmony, Indiana.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Justin Van De Kamp 2008

  • "Original Sin" has a wonderful chapter on Robert Owen, the 19th-century English industrialist who migrated to America to found a utopian community called New Harmony.

    Paradise Lost, Again and Again George Sim Johnston 2008

  • Furthermore, socialist, and communist economies all over the globe, from small utopias (New Harmony, Lanark, Oneida in the U.S.) to colossal nations (Russia), with very few exceptions, have given up on their attempts to establish egalitarian societies because equality and incentive are incompatible.

    Democracy vs Communism: Lessons from History 2007

  • Wright then headed to the utopian community at New Harmony, Indiana, to pick up some tips for her own similar venture planned at Nashoba, near Memphis, Tennessee.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • After a couple of years in New York state discovering he was also not meant for farming, in 1825 Ainslie arrived at the newly founded utopian commune of New Harmony, Indiana.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

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