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Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid alternative lifestyle community [1] consisting largely of snowbirds [2] in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn ...
However, more recent evidence suggests that a location offshore of Daly City is more likely the epicenter. [3] Olema was also the title subject of the late-1960s country-rock song, "Hippie from Olema", The Youngbloods' rejoinder to Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee". The Olema post office opened in 1859, closed in 1860, and re-opened in 1864. [2]
History of the hippie movement. The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, with influence from ...
Each year, the U.S. Forest Service calls attention to the Rainbow Family Gathering, pointing out that organizers refuse to get a special-use permit, which is mandatory for groups of 75 people or more.
Ojai, California. / 34.44917°N 119.24667°W / 34.44917; -119.24667. Ojai Inn, built in 1876. Photo taken in 1880s. Ojai Arcade, built in 1917 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Post Office tower at right. Ojai ( / ˈoʊhaɪ / ⓘ OH-hy; Chumash: ’Awhaỳ) [ 10] is a city in Ventura County, California. Located in the Ojai Valley ...
285 ft (87 m) Felicity is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. [ 1][ 2] The town was established in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel who bought the land in the 1950s and developed it in the 1980s after selling off his parachute business. The town is "Dedicated to Remembrance" and named for Istel's wife Felicia. [ 3]
Haight-Ashbury. / 37.7700; -122.4469. Haight-Ashbury ( / ˌheɪt ˈæʃbɛri, - bəri /) is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. [ 5] The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s.
Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the largest park in the city, containing 1,017 acres (412 ha), and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 24 million visitors annually. The creation of a large park in San Francisco ...