If Woodstock was the high point of 1960s idealism, Altamont has been called its death knell. Weirdly, these two events happened less than four months apart from one another—Woodstock took place from ...

Coinciding with the arrest of Charles Manson, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival is often presented as the symbolic end of the 1960s counterculture. The mayhem at the notorious rock concert, some of ...

Previously unreleased footage from the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Festival has been released by the Library of Congress. The concert holds a notorious place in history. More than 300,000 people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 13—Altamont Mayor Dan Milleville submitted his letter of resignation to City Clerk Sarah Stephen Tuesday after serving in the ...

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