The muddiest four days in history were celebrated in a drug-induced haze in Sullivan County, New York. Music soared through the air and into the ears of the more than 450,000 hippies that were crowded into Max Yasgur's pasture. "What we had here was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence," said Bethel town historian Bert Feldmen. "Dickens said it first: 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times'. It's an amalgam that will never be …showed first 75 words of 1160 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1160 total…end sleeping in fields listening to psychedelic music. A good time was had by all, and although it has been tried, perfection cannot be imitated. WORKS CITED Makower, Jeol. Woodstock: The Oral History. New York: Dolphin/Double Day, 1989. Obst, Lynda R., and Robert Kingsbury. The Sixties. New York: Norton, 1977. Tiber, Elliot. "How Woodstock Happened." Online. Internet. April 8, 2000. Available: http://www.woodstock69.com.htm. Young, Jean and Michael Long. Woodstock Festival Remembered. New York: Ballentine Books, 1979.