The City of Rajneeshpuram
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 first mayor was David Berry Knapp (Sw Krishna Deva). He was sworn in Aug 11, 1982.
- references
- 1) Witness statements of the 1985 investigations
- see also
- Rajneeshpuram - A one hour documentary by Eric Cain, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
- Rajneeshpuram in the Wikipedia