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The 2,135 acre city was located on the site of a 64,229-acre (25,993 ha) Central Oregon property known as the "Big Muddy" ranch, which was purchased in 1981 for $5.75 million by the [[Chidvilas Rajneesh Meditation Center]]. Within three years, the commune turned the ranch from an empty rural property into a city of up to 7,000 people, complete with typical urban infrastructure such as a fire department, police, restaurants, malls, townhouses, a 1,300 m airstrip, a public transport system using buses, a sewage reclamation plant and a water reservoir. The Rajneeshpuram post office had the ZIP code 97741. | The 2,135 acre city was located on the site of a 64,229-acre (25,993 ha) Central Oregon property known as the "Big Muddy" ranch, which was purchased in 1981 for $5.75 million by the [[Chidvilas Rajneesh Meditation Center]]. Within three years, the commune turned the ranch from an empty rural property into a city of up to 7,000 people, complete with typical urban infrastructure such as a fire department, police, restaurants, malls, townhouses, a 1,300 m airstrip, a public transport system using buses, a sewage reclamation plant and a water reservoir. The Rajneeshpuram post office had the ZIP code 97741. | ||
The city's mayor was David Berry Knapp ([[Sw Krishna Deva]]). | The city's mayor was David Berry Knapp ([[Sw Krishna Deva]]). | ||
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:1) [https://www.documentcloud.org/public/search/rajneesh Rajneeshpuram criminal trial documents] | |||
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:[http://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/rajneeshpuram/ Rajneeshpuram] - A one hour documentary by Eric Cain, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) | |||
:[[wikipedia:Rajneeshpuram| Rajneeshpuram in the Wikipedia]] | |||
Revision as of 15:35, 28 August 2016
Rajneeshpuram was a city incorporated in the state of Oregon, USA between 1982 and Dec 10, 1985.
The 2,135 acre city was located on the site of a 64,229-acre (25,993 ha) Central Oregon property known as the "Big Muddy" ranch, which was purchased in 1981 for $5.75 million by the Chidvilas Rajneesh Meditation Center. Within three years, the commune turned the ranch from an empty rural property into a city of up to 7,000 people, complete with typical urban infrastructure such as a fire department, police, restaurants, malls, townhouses, a 1,300 m airstrip, a public transport system using buses, a sewage reclamation plant and a water reservoir. The Rajneeshpuram post office had the ZIP code 97741.
The city's mayor was David Berry Knapp (Sw Krishna Deva).
- references
- 1) Rajneeshpuram criminal trial documents
- see also
- Rajneeshpuram - A one hour documentary by Eric Cain, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
- Rajneeshpuram in the Wikipedia
