13-01-2011, 06:29 AM
The article above puts it's focus on Wheelers Ranch.To me you must also add Morningstar Ranch into this,because they were basically synonymous.These counterculture experiments(open land movement)were met with fierce intervention by County officials,and were finally bulldozed.There are wonderful stories,and a lot of great old pictures in the links provided.And yes,these were the days.....
Morningstar, Wheeler's and the Free Land Movement
North of San Francisco, across the mythic Golden Gate inlet, lay the rolling hills of Marin and Sonoma counties, golden in summer, verdant in winter. For many of the Haight's denizens, suffering burnout, ennui or police heat, the siren call of the North drew their embattled souls to the land of the red-tailed hawk and live oak shrub. Morningstar was the first refuge with an open land policy. Founded by Lou Gottlieb, a former member of the folk-singing trio Limeliters, Morningstar was known as the "digger farm" in the Haight, supplying apples and other organic fruits and vegetables to the Free Food programs.
Check out the websites below for much more on Morningstar and Wheeler.
http://www.laurelrose.com/FLOWERCHILDREN.HTM
http://www.diggers.org/home_free.htm
Morningstar, Wheeler's and the Free Land Movement
North of San Francisco, across the mythic Golden Gate inlet, lay the rolling hills of Marin and Sonoma counties, golden in summer, verdant in winter. For many of the Haight's denizens, suffering burnout, ennui or police heat, the siren call of the North drew their embattled souls to the land of the red-tailed hawk and live oak shrub. Morningstar was the first refuge with an open land policy. Founded by Lou Gottlieb, a former member of the folk-singing trio Limeliters, Morningstar was known as the "digger farm" in the Haight, supplying apples and other organic fruits and vegetables to the Free Food programs.
Check out the websites below for much more on Morningstar and Wheeler.
http://www.laurelrose.com/FLOWERCHILDREN.HTM
http://www.diggers.org/home_free.htm
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