Program: Oregon Experience
Episode: Vortex I
In the summer of 1970, some tens of thousands of people converged in
rural Clackamas County for an event called Vortex I. This festival
celebrated freedom - freedom from violence, from drug laws and from
clothes. It also served as an elaborate ploy to lure young people away
from Portland. Vortex I is the only state-sponsored rock festival in
U.S. history.
http://watch.opb.org/video/1408509315/#And for several hot summer days, Vortex 1 created a sort of clothing optional alternate reality, underwritten by the Republican Governor. 10s of thousands converged. Traditional law enforcement had been suspended