Monday, August 11, 2003


Historic New Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony, Indiana is an experience like no other. A community that began almost two hundred years ahead of its time, New Harmony was first a spiritual sanctuary that later became a haven for international scientists, scholars and educators who sought equality in communal living.


Robert Owen's children who resided in New Harmony and contributed to social reform, education, and geology, were

Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) social reformer
William Owen (1802-1842) citizen of New Harmony
David Dale Owen (1807-1860) geologist, artist
Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy (1806-1861) educator
Richard Owen (1810-1890) geologist, first president of Purdue University


Robert Henry Fauntleroy (1806-1849) civil engineer
(see portrait below)

Interred in the Paul Tillich Park in New Harmony are the ashes of the renowned 20th century religious writer and professor,

Paul Johannas Tillich (1886-1965) theologian





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