How Oregonâs GOP governor teamed up with hippies to throw a festival and prevent clashes in the streets
Drugs, sex, rock ânâ roll and Republican politics converged in an Oregon forest in the summer of 1970 to pull off an unlikely scheme. It was a tense time in America. Protests across the nation were ending in bloodshed, including in downtown Portland. In an unlikely partnership, Oregonâs Republican governor …