ETIENNE CABET AND THE CHELTENHAM ICARIANS: 1858-1864

As Cheltenham was beginning to settle, a group of French utopian communists, followers of Etienne Cabet, settled and tried to work out an ideal existence in an unideal situation. The community didn't last very long, but certainly provides an interesting chapter in the early settlement of this region.

• An Overview of the Icarians in the U.S.    From the Spring 2003 national magazine of the Icarians, "Reflections of Icaria."

• An Overview of the Icarian Experience    This is a seven page excerpt from the 1884 book by Albert Shaw, ICARIA, which tells the tale of the entire Icarian movement. This section is the chapter on The Cheltenham Icarians.