NEWSSee photos from the Bull Island rock festival on the Wabash River in 1972Evansville Courier & PressA large crowd surveys the scene during the three-day Labor Day Soda Pop Festival at Bull Island, Ill., in 1972.FileSonny Brown / The Evansville Courier A large crowd is seen during the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierRavi Shankar plays the Sitar during the Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierPeople hike in from I-64 for the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierFestival goer takes a hit off of a bong during the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Dave Lucas / The Evansville PressAs the festival ended a lot of trash was left on the grounds following the Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierA large crowd is seen during the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierI-64 became a large parking lot as people left their cars on the shoulders and walked in to the Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierThese two fans made their own ponchos to stay dry during a rain shower during Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierA woman on beach dries her young child after washing off in the Wabash River during the Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierThe Salvation Army parked their canteen near the site and offered refreshment for the many fans during Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierAs the festival ended people tried to find rides home while sitting on I-64 follwoing the Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierThe burned Reis Catering trucks are seen at the end of the festival on Sept. 4, 1972. The trucks were burned during Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierAs the festival ended people waited on friends and slowly made theiir way off of I-64 during the Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / The Evansville CourierA participant in the Bull Island rock Festival in Posey County, indiana, wraps himself in anAmerican flag while listening to bands perform during the Labor Day weekend festival in 1972.Archives / Courier & PressThe median of Interstate 64 near the Griffin exit became a parking lot for fans attending the Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in 1972.Archives / Courier & PressPeople attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressThe aerial view of the festival location before the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressA Indiana State Trooper searches a vehicle for drugs as people attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople hitch a ride to attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople hitch a ride to attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressPeople attend the three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Sonny Brown / Courier Press, Sonny Brown / Courier & PressThe crowd at the Labor Day Weekend Bull Island Rock Festival watch the stage (background) as bands played three days of music.Archives / Courier & PressFestival goer with a backpack and chain saw makes his wway through the crowd at the three day Bull Island rock festival in Posey county, Indiana in 1972.Archives / Courier & PressPeople attend three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Archives / Courier & PressPeople attend three day Labor Day weekend Bull Island rock festival in Posey County, Indiana in 1972.Archives / Courier & PressTri-County residents were angry in 1973 when they learned that one of the promoters of the 1972 Bull Island rock festival -- depicted here -- wanted to stage a Labor Day encore in Webster County. 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