Camille Moore
Woodstock Was Saved By A Farmer
Wallkill fell through as the location for Woodstock, so the promoters turned to Bethel, New York. Max Yasgur owned a six hundred acre dairy farm in Bethel, and he respected the desire of concert-goers to share in a communal experience and allowed organizers the use of his property for a fee of fifty thousand dollars.
However, Bethel residents were not very enthusiastic about hosting a concert for thousands of people. Yasgur even came out at one point and talked to the crowd and congratulated them on the assembly.