Alexander Abbott

Historical marker location:

Valatie, New York

( Marker is on Kinderhook Street (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.)

House c. 1830.

The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.