Historical Marker
Disaster at Eagle Park
Historical marker location:
Grand Island, New York
( Marker is on West River Parkway, ΒΌ mile south of Whitehaven Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2012
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.