San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

In the mid 1800s, it was considered part of the 'great sand waste' and untrammable 'Outside Lands' of San Francisco, located far beyond city's reach. Beginning in the late 1800s, it was a place for City dwellers to escape the fast-paced life of San Francisco, without actually having to leave town. It then became a safe haven for residents displaced by the 1906 earthquake.  And in the unease of the 1960s, it was considered peaceful, neutral ground for residents to getaway from reality.