New+Lanton-history

=New Lanton-History = Until 1765, New Lanton was an abandoned place with just some farms spread around the moors. When a man called Thomas Lanton came over this abandoned place, he saw the opportunity to make a civilized society. Until then the place never had a name, but he quickly came up with a good name; New Lanton, called after his last name. Thomas Lanton was therefore the founder of New Lanton. The population grew as new stores and more jobs were located in the town, but the place was a farming community until the beginning of the 20th century. Then a man, called Lord Freia, arrived to New Lanton. He was a man with a lot of money, and he wanted to create an industrialized civilization in New Lanton. His dream was a very sweet one; it was a dream about making a chocolate-factory. And so he did. Due to the railway station through the town, many workers came from all over the world and started to work there. Because of the all the immigrants who arrived New Lanton, the town became a international town with a varied language. They settled down, and the population grew rapidly. At the beginning of the 20th century, only 600 people lived in the town, but fifty years later, the population had quintupled. From 1950 the population had grown steadily, and the current population is approximately 10000 inhabitants.

Picture 1. The founder of New Lanton, Thomas Lanton. Picture 2. Lord Alex Freia, the founder of Freia Chocolate-factory.

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