Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

TOWARD A HISTORY OF KRISTENSTAD

by Vaudrene R. Smith Hunt

Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of

The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

May 1979

 Copyright by Vaudrene R. Smith Hunt 1978 - All Rights Reserved

Written permission granted to the Hood County Genealogical Society for reproduction to its Internet web site

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE
ABSTRACT
PART I. - BACKGROUND
Chapter I.	Utopia: An Expression of Transcendental Philosophy in America
Chapter II.	Color Added: Previous Owners of the Bend Supply Background Lore
Chapter III.	The Christensen Imprint
PART II. - THE MYTH PERPETUATED
Chapter IV.	Original Plan for Settlement
Chapter V.	Early News Accounts Perpetuate the Myth
Chapter VI.	Myth Expanded
PART III. - THE MYTH DISPELLED
Chapter VII.	Utopian Image Refuted
Chapter VIII.	Pioneer Conditions
Chapter IX.	Causes of Failure
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATION - Map of Kristenstad, Hood County, Texas (not included here, but can be viewed at the Hood County Library in Granbury, Texas)

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