Drop City

Drop City
Coordinates: 37°13′21.69″N 104°29′23.15″W / 37.2226917°N 104.4897639°W / 37.2226917; -104.4897639
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Las Animas County
Founded	1960 (1960)
Dissolved	1979 (1979)
Founded by	Gene Bernofsky ("Curly") JoAnn Bernofsky ("Jo") Richard Kallweit ("Lard") Clark Richert ("Clard")
Government
• Type	Commune

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Drop City was a counterculture artists' community that formed near the town of Trinidad in southern Colorado in 1960. Abandoned by 1979, Drop City became known as the first rural "hippie commune".^[1]