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"Last Free Place on Earth” Slab City CA
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About 180 miles south east of Los Angeles in the harsh climate of the Sonoran desert lies Slab City, Coined the “Last Free Place on Earth” This off the gird community has been attracting people since the late 1960’s. In this “maiden episode” of False Summits Mason talks with Jess Leigh about the history of this small desert enclave made of retirees, artists, religious devotees, free thinkers, squatters, and other outliners came to be.
Show Sources links
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/inside-slab-city-squatters-paradise-southern-california-180970218/
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1988/mar/10/cover-hot-place-in-the-sun/
https://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145645412/down-and-out-escape-to-slab-in-california-desert
https://www.peopleareculture.com/salvation-mountain/
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/mar/17/travel-welcome-east-jesus-ca/
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/slab-city-salvation-mountain-sale-in-california-18154437.php
https://www.rvtravel.com/slab-city-potential-sale-kill-rv-boondocking-there-rvt-1110b/
https://issuu.com/mcbcp_archives/docs/pendletonscout.4.2.011446.ocr
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dunlap.html
https://salvationmountain.org/home/our-mission/
https://eastjesus.org/
If you want to send a letter with your thoughts on the possible sale of Slab City & Salvation Mountain you can write the California State Lands Commission at:
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100 South,
Sacramento, CA 95825.
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