Forest Fire

Historical marker location:

9150 Route 30, Paul Smiths, New York

( Marker is on New York State Route 30, 0.6 miles north of McCollums Rd., on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1935

1885 - 1935.

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.