Émile Remond immigrated from France to the La Runion utopian style settlement west of Dallas. After the settlements failure he discovered that a limestone formation in the area was good for cement production. He started a cement plant that was later bought by the Portland Cement Company at the turn of the century. A city grew up on the operations that included a store, post office,school and other facilities. The plant operations expanded and eliminated the city in the 1970's

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