http://www.metafilter.com/tags/utopiancommunities Posts tagged with 'utopiancommunities' at MetaFilter. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:37:49 -0800 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:37:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61762/It%2Dis%2Dwith%2Dextreme%2Dmodesty%2Dthat%2DI%2Dpresent%2Dthe%2Dfollowing%2Dpages%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dread%2Dby%2Dother%2Deyes%2Dthan%2Dmine <a href="http://www.kancoll.org/books/colt/">Went To Kansas: Being A Thrilling Account Of An Ill-Fated Expedition To That Fairy Land, And Its Sad Results</a>. A personal account by <a href="http://www.phschool.com/atschool/literature/author_biographies/colt_md.html">Mrs. Miriam Davis Colt </a>(based on her daily diaries) about her family's move from New York to Kansas in the 1850s, and the tragic story of the <a href="http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1933/33_4_hickman.htm">Vegetarian Settlement Company</a>, which sold cheap land to settlers (if they signed an oath swearing they would never consume alcohol, tobacco or animal flesh) along with the promise of a prairie utopia. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61762 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:37:49 -0800 history kansas miriamdaviscolt settlement utopiancommunities vegetarian amyms