Historical Marker
Oliver Evans
Historical marker location:
Trinity Cemetery and Mausoleum, New York, New York
( Marker can be reached from West 155th Street south of Broadway.)
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.