page_title: New Harmony, Indiana
section_title: Accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: New Harmony, Indiana / Accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: A bird's eye view of a community in New Harmony, Indiana, United States, as proposed by Robert Owen. Engraving by F. Bate, London 1838. Deutsch: Die nicht verwirklichte Vision des Robert Owen von New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Gravierung von F. Bate, London 1838. Inscribed at bottom of plate: A Bird's Eye View of a Community, as proposed by Robert Owen Esq.re is respectfully dedicated to the following classes of society: To the Landowners, as being the only means whereby their Estates can be rendered permanently productive, and their Rents secure. To the Capitalists, as offering the safest speculation, and most gratifying ways of investing their surplus Capital, without risk of failure. To the Clergy, and Instructors of Mankind, as the only and speedy means of bringing about that great desideratum they have so much at heart, namely, the suppression of Vice &amp; Error, by the removal of the causes of Crime (Ignorance &amp; Poverty), the dissemination of Truth, &amp; the establishment of Virtue. To the industrious Wealth Producers, as affording the only arrangements, whereby they can secure their true and rightful position in Society, and the just &amp; honest participation in the Wealth created by their talents and industry. And lastly, to the Government of the British Empire, shewing the arrangements, whereby the duties of Government may be rendered safe, easy, and delightful, instead of as heretofore, being one of danger, difficulty, error, confusion and disatisfaction. N.B. for further details consult the Works of Owen, Thompson, Combe, Morgan &amp;c. Sold with a woodengraving of the same scene.
context_page_description: New Harmony is a historic town on the Wabash River in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana. It lies 15 miles north of Mount Vernon, the county seat, and is part of the Evansville metropolitan area. The town's population was 789 at the 2010 census.
  Established by the Harmony Society in 1814 under the leadership of George Rapp, the town was originally known as Harmony. In its early years the 20,000-acre settlement was the home of Lutherans who had separated from the official church in the Duchy of Württemberg and immigrated to the United States. The Harmonists built a new town in the wilderness, but in 1824 they decided to sell their property and return to Pennsylvania. Robert Owen, a Welsh industrialist and social reformer, purchased the town in 1825 with the intention of creating a new utopian community and renamed it New Harmony. While the Owenite social experiment failed two years after it began, the community subsequently made some important contributions to American society.
  New Harmony became known as a center for advances in education and scientific research.
caption: New Harmony, a utopian attempt; depicted as proposed by Robert Owen
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