


Communes of the Sixties:

These communes of the sixties beckoned seers and scholars, builders and gardeners, soldiers and survivors, hippies and trolls, and a cowboy or two.  No one was turned away and everyone coexisted on the barter system.  Skill sets were freely offered in an anarchist atmosphere with no hierarchy. 

Nirvana would soon be invaded by outside forces.  Morningstar and Wheeler ranches eventually succumbed to the threats of a conservative establishment.  Court cases evolved around issues such as increased traffic, noise pollution, easement transgressions, health code violations, illegal drug use and teen runaways.  Both Bill and Lou tried to evade the long arm of the law by willing their lands to God.  After all, who ever heard of God committing violations against mankind, or against any other species for that matter.  As a bonus, God would not be required to pay property taxes.  The 9th Circuit Court, however, stated that “God had no property rights in California”.  The bulldozers came in 1973 and so ended the great experiment in “freedom”.

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