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| | Dallas on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | Founded c.1841, Dallas was early populated by French artisans and gentlemen who abandoned a nearby Fourierist community, La Réunion. |
 | | A fashion center, the city is also known for its museums (e.g., Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Natural History, Nasher Sculpture Center), and for its interest in music, literature, and drama (the Dallas Theatre Center boasts the only public theater designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). |
 | | The "Dallas Dhu" distillery, founded in 1899, closed in the early 1980s and reopened its doors to the public in 1988 as a museum. |
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